See Also: inferior root of ansa cervicalis(medicine)
superior root of ansa cervicalis(medicine)
ansa cervicalis(medicine)
radix inferior ansae cervicalis(medicine)
nervus cardiacus cervicalis inferior(medicine)
inferior root of vestibulocochlear nerve(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
ansa(medicine)
ansa(dictionary)
Reil's ansa(medicine)

atrioventricular bundle (medicine) and inferior root of ansa cervicalis (medicine)


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.


inferior root of ansa cervicalis (medicine)


inferior root of ansa cervicalis
Fibres from the second and third cervical nerves that pass forward and downward along the internal jugular vein; they contribute to the ansa cervicalis and innervate the infrahyoid muscles.

Synonym: descendens cervicalis, radix inferior ansae cervicalis.