bundle branch

English

Noun

bundle branch (plural bundle branches)

(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.

Synonyms

Tawara branch

Derived terms

bundle branch block

Translations

offshoot of the bundle of His

German: Tawara-Schenkel m
Hungarian: Tawara-szár

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