Noun: atrioventricular bundle
- A bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
"Damage to the atrioventricular bundle can cause heart block";
- bundle of His, atrioventricular trunk, truncus atrioventricularis
Derived forms: atrioventricular bundles
Type of: cardiac muscle, heart muscle
Encyclopedia: Atrioventricular bundle