Which of the following conducts the impulse from AV node to the ventricles?

Purkinji fibres

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SA node

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Right atrium

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Purkinji fibres
Purkinje fibres are specialized muscle cells, which conduct the impulse from the AV node to the whole of the ventricles. It is located in the bundle of AV nodes. It regulates the pumping of blood by contracting the ventricles and thus, it is modified into the cardiac muscles.
So, the correct answer is option A.

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