Purkinje Fibers [Back]

The best place to look for Purkinje fibers is the inner ventricular wall, just beneath the endocardium. The Purkinje fibers are specialized conductive myocardial fibers. The combination of the nodal and Purkinje fiber network and intercalated discs enable the heart to contract in a coordinated fashion. In Virtual Microscopy, look along the lower edge of the section to find Purkinje fibers.