"bundle branch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bundle branches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bundle branch (plural bundle branches)
  1. (anatomy) Either of the two offshoots of the bundle of His in the heart's ventricles which transmit cardiac action potentials from the bundle of His to the Purkinje fibers. Wikipedia link: bundle branches Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: Tawara branch Derived forms: bundle branch block Translations (offshoot of the bundle of His): Tawara-Schenkel [masculine] (German), Tawara-szár (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-bundle_branch-en-noun-7l~M3v0H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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