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The muscle has unique features that are only in the heart.
These muscles are involuntary striated muscle which are only found in the wall of the heart. This is specialised muscle that can contract, Cardiac muscle, like other muscles, can contract, but it can also carry an action potential (i.e. conduct electricity), like the neurons that constitute nerves.
Furthermore, some of the cells have the ability to generate an action potential, known as cardiac muscle automaticity.
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What cell contains most mitochondria?
Muscle cells.Metabolically very active cells. Muscle cells,heart cells have lot of mitochondria
What type of cell is a heart cell?
The heart cells are muscle, the type called involuntary muscle.
What is the decay rate of heart cells?
the decay rate of carbon is 14 in heart muscle cells,
A group of conducting cells control heart muscle contraction and is known as the?
pacemaker cells
What cells make up the myocardium?
Most of the myocardium is composed of cardiac myocytes.
What type of muscle is the heart made off?
the heart is made out of a special type of muscle called cardiac muscle
The heart is a special organ that pumps blood throughout the body what structural cells are necessary for the heart to function?
muscle cells to pump the flow of blood
How are the cells in the biceps alike to the cells of the heart?
They are both made up of muscle cells. The heart is made of cardiac muscle, and the biceps are made of skeletal muscle.
What does heart muscle mean?
Your heart is a muscle. It is also called the myocardium. The muscle cells in the heart muscle are called myocardiocytes.
What cell contains most mitochondria?
Muscle cells.Metabolically very active cells. Muscle cells,heart cells have lot of mitochondria
What is a heart cell?
Most cells in the heart are cardiac muscle cells.
What type of cells does the heart have?
The heart contains cardiac muscle cells. The cells are striated (the muscle fibers contain alternating light and dark bands). They differ from skeletal muscle in that it is an involuntary contraction, but they are similar in that they both have striations.
What does muscles mean?
Your heart is a muscle. It is also called the myocardium. The muscle cells in the heart muscle are called myocardiocytes.
What type of cell is a heart cell?
The heart cells are muscle, the type called involuntary muscle.
What type of cells are found in the heart?
"I am not sure of names but i know that many cells make up the heart! Try to look on the Internet for your answer. Hope this helped a bit :)" You got to be kidding me... that wasn't helpful at all, but whatever. In the heart you can find: - Myocardiocytes - those are the cells performing the rhytmic contraction of the whole heart. - Endothelial cells - those are the supporting epithelial cells, insulating the chambers of the heart and the veins.
What is the decay rate of heart cells?
the decay rate of carbon is 14 in heart muscle cells,
The heart muscle is made of?
Connective Tissue smooth muscle Cardiac muscle cells
