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The preferred source of energy for the heart muscle is fatty acids. Fatty acids are "good fats" that are main sources of energy for cells.
the role of the heart is to supply the working muscle with oxygen and energy
Mitochondria
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No, but it is a heart-healthy fat.
Mitochondria as the heart requires a lot of energy.
Oxygen plays many roles in the metabolic pathways that support contracture of the heart's cardiac muscle tissue. The heart muscle is the only muscle in the body which is always working. It cannot stop and rest, because the body requires a constant circulation of blood, to supply the tissues of the body with oxygen and nutrients. The brain can only survive for 3 minutes without oxygen. So since the heart must constantly work, it requires a constant supply of oxygenated blood. Without it, the heart would not have the energy it requires to do its work, and would stop.
Your heart is a muscle. It is also called the myocardium. The muscle cells in the heart muscle are called myocardiocytes.
Heart cells have a high demand for energy to sustain constant contraction. As a result, they have a larger number of mitochondria compared to other cell types. Mitochondria are responsible for generating the majority of cellular energy through aerobic respiration, producing the ATP needed for muscle contraction. The abundance of mitochondria in heart cells allows for efficient energy production and helps meet the energy requirements of the heart muscle.
the heart is made out of a special type of muscle called cardiac muscle
The heart is a muscle.
The heart is a cardiac muscle