Purkinje myocyte
Specialized cardiac myocyte that is subendocardially interspersed with the regular cardiac muscle cell. They are uninucleate cylindrical cells, associated end-to-end in long rows, continue from the node to the atrioventricular bundle; relatively short compared to ordinary myocytes but are nearly twice their diameter. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19939742 FMA:0412046911 GOC:tfm ]
Synonyms: Purkinje cell fiber, Purkinje muscle cell, myocytus conducens cardiacus
Term info
- BTO:0001032
- FMA:14146
human_reference_atlas
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1980-3228
2010-06-28T08:36:15Z
Purkinje myocyte
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606