See Also: atrioventricular bundle(medicine)
right crus of atrioventricular bundle(medicine)
trunk of atrioventricular bundle(medicine)
left crus of atrioventricular bundle(medicine)
Atrioventricular (AV)(health)
atrioventricular(medicine)
AV (atrioventricular)(health)
atrioventricular band(medicine)
atrioventricular interval(medicine)
atrioventricular groove(medicine)

hippo (iou) and atrioventricular bundle (medicine)


hippo (iou)



hippo noun. colloq. Pl. -os. L19.
[Abbreviation.]
= HIPPOPOTAMUS.

atrioventricular bundle (medicine)


atrioventricular bundle


The bundle of modified cardiac muscle fibres that begins at the atrioventricular node as the trunk of the atrioventricular bundle and passes through the right atrioventricular fibrous ring to the membranous part of the interventricular septum where the trunk divides into two branches, the right crus of the atrioventricular bundle and the left crus of the atrioventricular bundle; the two crura ramify in the subendocardium of their respective ventricles.

Synonym: fasciculus atrioventricularis, atrioventricular band, Gaskell's bridge, His' band, His' bundle, bundle of His, Keith's bundle, Kent's bundle, Kent-His bundle, ventriculonector.