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Dictionary » S » Syncytium SyncytiumDefinition noun, plural: syncytia An epithelium or tissue characterized by cytoplasmic continuity, or a large mass of cytoplasm not separated into individual cells and containing many nuclei.
Syncytium may be formed by the fusion of two or more cells, forming a giant cell. An example of syncytium can be found in skeletal muscles, which is essential since it allows rapid coordinated contraction of muscles along the entire length.
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Results from our forumCardiac Conduction/EKG InterpretationAs cardiac nerve transmission flows through the pathway of SA Node, atrial syncytium, junctional fibers, AV Node, Bundle of His, Purkinje fibers, and finally, ventricular syncytium - at what point along this pathway does ventricular depolarization actually begin? ...
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Questions on mitosis... a cell to another but not other larger components such as organelles or larege proteins. you don't have to explain what gap junctions are :) but a syncytium is, as MrMistery already explained, a group of cells that didn't undergo division of the cell membranes, but only nuclear division. Examples ...
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