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Purkinje fibers usually carry information. They contain a few scanty, scattered, and more or less nonfunctional sarcomeres; they also contain a good deal of glycogen and a PAS stain will really make them stand out.

Purkinje fibers also transmit impulses rapidly from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles.

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