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Here you have a special kind of muscle called as cardiac muscles. Cardiac muscle has got fallowing properties. They are automaticity, excitability, conductivity, contractility, rhythmicity, and refractoriness. That means it contracts. It contracts rhythmically. It contracts automatically of it's own. It can be stimulated. It conducts the impulse across the length. Once it contracts, it will not contract for some time again. These properties have many implications. The different types of heart cells contract at different pace. The cells from SA node contract at the rate of about 76 per minute. That of AV node contract at the speed of about 60 per minute. The cells of atrium contract with the speed of in between the both types of cells. The cells of ventricle contract at the speed of about 36 per minute. So the final rate of contraction of the heart is decided by SA node. it is called as pace maker. The impulse has to be conducted across the heart in synchronized manner. For that the heart muscle is designed to conduct the electrical impulse. Once stimulated, the muscle fiber takes some rest. That is needed so that the muscle can function non-stop for years together. The property of excitability is needed so that the muscle can be stimulated by a stimulus.
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What is the organ in the human body that is made up of muscle?
The "heart", which is made up entirely of cardiac muscle.
What makes up the musculatory system?
Muscle of course!
What is The heart muscle is also called?
The heart muscle is also referred to as the cardiac muscle (myocardium).
What cells make up the myocardium?
Most of the myocardium is composed of cardiac myocytes.
What type of cell is a heart cell?
The heart cells are muscle, the type called involuntary muscle.
Give the name of the muscle that makes up the heart Is the heart mostly made muscle or empty space?
type of muscle that makes up the heart
What is the muscle called that makes up your heart muscle?
Cardiac Muscle
What makes up the bulk of the cardiac muscle?
Cardiac muscle makes up the bulk of the heart. That tissue is made of cardiomyocytes or muscle cells.
What is the special muscle that makes up the heart?
kidney
Muscle tissue that makes up the heart?
Myocardium.
Kind of muscle that makes up the walls of the heart?
cardiac muscle! Oh and if you say the heart doesn't have a muscle U R STUPID! It has a muscle
What type of mucsle makes up the heart?
cardiac muscle
What muscle makes the heart pump?
The heart is a muscle.
What makes up the wall of the heart?
What makes up the walls of the heart are 3 different layers that consist of tissue and muscle. These muscles contract.
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.
Cardiac muscle makes up the bulk of what tissue?
The cardiac muscle tissue us referred to as the heart or myocardium.
What muscles are The only muscles in the heart and makes up the atria and ventricles?
Cardiac Muscle or myocardium are the muscle that make up the heart that contract and relax to pump blood.
