internodal tract
A conducting pathway in the conducting tissue of heart through which electrical activity spreads from the SA node to the AV node. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_conduction_system_of_the_heart ]
Synonyms: interatrial conduction tract, internodal conduction tract, internodal tract muscle tissue, internodal fasciculus
Term info
- FMA:9479
evidence is sparse [http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-483065798] There is some functional evidence for the existence of specialized conducting pathways within the atria (termed internodal tracts), although this is controversial
include 3 subtypes?
uberon
UBERON:0009966
Internodal tract
Term relations
- conducting tissue of heart
- cardiac muscle tissue of myocardium
- part of some conducting system of heart