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Cardiac muscle is a type of involuntary striated muscle found in the walls of the heart, specifically the myocardium. Cardiac muscle cells are known as cardiac myocytes (or cardiomyocytes). Cardiac muscle is one of three major types of muscle, the others being skeletal and smooth muscle. The cells that comprise cardiac muscle are sometimes seen as intermediate between these two other types in terms of appearance, structure, metabolism, excitation-coupling and mechanism of contraction. Cardiac muscle shares similarities with skeletal muscle with regard to its striated appearance and contraction, with both differing significantly from smooth muscle cells.
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Is cardiac muscle a striated muscle?
Cardiac muscle is striated because the only cardiac muscle in your body is your heart and your heart never stops working unless you die.
What is striated involuntary?
cardiac muscle
What muscle cell type is striated and involuntary?
Skeletal muscle is striated and voluntrary. Smooth muscle, as is found around the blood vessels and in many organs, is not striated and involuntary. The heart (cardiac muscle) is the only place you have striated involuntary muscle.
What are cadiac muscles?
The cardiac muscle is the heart muscle. It is an involuntary striated muscle.
How is smooth muscle significantly different from striated muscle?
Smooth muscle shortens and stretches to a greater extent than does striated muscle.
Which type of muscle tissue is striated and involuntary?
Cardiac Muscle it can be found in the heart it is called Involuntary because its contraction does not require conscious effort. It is also Striated in the same way as skeletal muscle.Hope I helped!!!
What are the muscles only found in your heart?
The only muscle found in the heart is cardiac muscle.
What has bands where different kinds of muscle proteins meet?
Striated muscle.
What is a layer of the heart largely composed of cardiac muscle tissue?
This word can be broken down into two parts that will reveal the answer to your question. Myo is the medical term for muscle and cardio is the medical term for heart. Therefore, your answer would be the muscle that is the heart.
Is cardiac muscle striated?
Cardiac Muscle is smooth but looks striated
What kind of muscle is responsible for the heart pumping action?
The heart itself is a muscle, however the heart all is made up of different muscles. The muscle knows as the MYOCARDIUM makes up the largest portion of the Heart Wall. The myocardium is made up of the cardiac muscle tissue, which is responsible for the pumping action.
Which type of muscle allows the heart to pump blood within the cardiovascular system?
The heart is made up of cardiac muscle, which is a type of striated muscle.
