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Cardiac muscle cells are mechanically, chemically, and electrically connected to one another, thus, the entire tissue resembles a single, enormous muscle cell. For this reason, cardiac
muscle has been called a functional syncytium.
This is also true of smooth muscle.
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What is a mass of interconnected cardiac muscle cells that act together as a group?
functional syncytium
Whats the word for cells with many nuclei?
A cells with many nuclei is often called a syncytium. The normal cell structure for many types of fungi is a syncytium.
Are DNA and rna functional groups?
yes it is functional grop
What is an accurate criticism of the structural functional approach?
may not be functional for another category
What does syncytia mean?
A syncytium or symplasm (/sɪnˈsaɪtiəm/; plural syncytia; from Greek: σύν (syn) = "together" + κύτος (kytos) = "box, i.e. cell") is a multinucleated cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells
Do smooth or skeletal muscle form a functional syncytium?
visceral smooth muscles cells function together as ONE (functional syncytium) multiunit smooth muscle act independently.
How many functional syncytium are in heart?
Only one. The entire heart works together as a functional syncytium. It is generally referring to the electrical conduction and blood flow through the heart working together as one unit.
How does the cardiac muscle work as a functional syncytium?
cardiac muscle operates as a functional syncytium, although it's not a true syncytium, because each myocardial cell has its own nucleus within its own membrane. Cardiac muscle functions as a syncytium due to the presence of low resistance connections between adjacent cells, and when an action potential is generated, the atria or the ventricle contract together.
What is a mass of interconnected cardiac muscle cells that act together as a group?
functional syncytium
Which component of the intercalated disc is a junction that provides the intercellular communication required for the myocardium to perform as a functional syncytium?
Gap junctions
What does the unique structure of cardiac muscle play in its function?
Cardiac muscle fibres contain GAP JUNCTION in the intercalated disc which makes them to function as a FUNCTIONAL SYNCYTIUM
A mass of interconnected cardiac muscle cells that act as a unit constitutes a what?
a mass of merging cardiac cells that act as a unit is called functional syncytium. two of these are in the heart (atrial walls, and ventricular walls)
Is the heart actually a true syncytium?
no
What word describe a multinucleated cell?
syncytium.
Whats the word for cells with many nuclei?
A cells with many nuclei is often called a syncytium. The normal cell structure for many types of fungi is a syncytium.
Are cardia muscle cells electrically connected by gap junctions and behave as a single unit?
Because cardiac muscle cells are electrically connected by gap junctions, the entire myocardium behaves like a single unit, a functional syncytium.
Functional and non functional plasma enzymes?
non functional enzyme
