Ventricular Syncytium

Ventricular Syncytium

The Ventricular Syncytium is a network of cardiac muscle cells connected by gap junctions that lends to the coordinated contraction of the ventricles. Atrial Syncytium refers to the same network in the atria.

See also

* Ventricle (heart)
* Heart


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