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In the subendocardial tissue is a cluster of Purkinje fibers located in the center of the field. Note their large size in
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relation to normal cardiac myocytes. Purkinje fibers have myofibrils and are capable of contraction. Their primary
function is to conduct the impulse for contraction to the ventricular myocytes.
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Some of the Purkinje fibers are binucleate (arrow), as depicted in Figure 2-68.
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