complexus stimulans cordis
- complexus stimulans cordis
- [TA] conducting system of heart: a system of specialized muscle fibers that generate and rapidly transmit cardiac impulses and serve to coordinate contractions, comprising the sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, bundle of His and its right and left bundle branches, and the subendocardial branches (rami subendocardiales) of Purkinje fibers. Called also systema conducens cordis [TA alternative].
Medical dictionary.
2011.
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complexus — Obsolete term for semispinalis capitis (muscle). [L. an embracing, encircling] c. olivaris inferior [TA] SYN: inferior olivary complex. c. stimulans cordis [TA] SYN: conducting system of heart. * * * com·plex·us kəm plek səs, käm n … Medical dictionary
systema conducens cordis — TA alternative for complexus stimulans cordis … Medical dictionary
system — 1. [TA] A consistent and complex whole made up of correlated and semiindependent parts. A complex of functionally related anatomic structures. 2. The entire organism seen as a complex organization of parts. 3. Any complex of structures… … Medical dictionary
conducting system of heart — conduction system of heart, conductive system of heart complexus stimulans cordis … Medical dictionary
