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The layer of the heart wall responsible for its pumping action is the?
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The myocardium (middle layer)
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The layer of the heart responsible for pumping blood is called the?
myocardium
What myocardium layers function in blood pumping?
You have three layers of heart. Outer is pericardium. Middle is myocardium. Inner is endocardium. The middle layer function in blood pumping, mainly.
Which layer of the heart is responsible for contraction and relaxation?
Myocardial layer
Which layer of the heart is responsible for contraction in order to pump blood?
myocardium
Why is the papillary layer responsible for fingerprint?
papillary layer is responsible for fingerprints
What layer of the heart is thicker in athletes?
The Myocardium, which provides the muscle needed to create the pumping action that drives the blood through the body. Rigorous physical activity requires an increase from the body of blood to the muscles (systemic circulation). Overtime the heart adapts to this regular need and often the athlete's heart is larger than a non-athlete's and their heart rate is slower at rest as well to prepare the body for exercise.
What is muscle layer of the heart?
The muscle layer of the heart is the myocardium (or cardiac muscle).
Why do arteries have the thickest walls?
Blood vessels are composed of three layers of tissue: tunica externa, tunica media, and tunica interna. The middle layer, tunica media, is composed of smooth muscle and is thickest in arteries because they need to accommodate the higher pressures created by the heart's pumping action which distributes blood throughout the body.
The muscular layer of the heart is called the musculoskeletal layer true or false?
The myocardium is not the innermost layer of the heart, the endocardium is.
Which of these pollutants is responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer in Earth's atmosphere?
CFC's are responsible. They deplete the ozone layer.
What is the ozone layer responsible for?
The ozone layer is responsible for absorbing harmful rays from the sun. These are UV rays.
Which layer of OSI is responsible for modulation or demodulation?
physical layer
