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Is the heart is an involuntary muscles?

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If it was voluntary, we'd need to be awake every second and consciously tell that smooth muscle to twitch, and twitch in a rhythmic pattern, to keep pumping blood to the body. Smooth muscle is not under voluntary control.

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Yes they will continue to function weither you are aware of it or not. Example: you dont die while sleeping because they continue to work

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Yes, the heart is involuntary muscle. You have no conscious control over whether it beats or not.

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