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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.

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What are cardiac muscle fuel sources?

The heart muscle uses a fuel mixture of: fatty acid, ketone bodies and glucose - fatty acids are the preferred fuel of the heart. - glucose is the least favored fuel. -ketone bodies and lactate are used under stress (high demand of energy). -small limited stored phosphocreatin as a reserve energy.


What is prefered fuel for most body functions?

the most preferred body fuel is taken from the carbohydrates, that is easy to break into sugar molecules, which is subsequently converted into ATP (the energy molecule). Once the sugar is enter into the cell, the glycolysis, Krebs cycle, citric acid cycle and finally it end up with the production of energy by the oxidative phosphorylation inside the mitochondria.


What role does the heart play in exercise?

the role of the heart is to supply the working muscle with oxygen and energy


What numerous in heart muscle cells becaue of need for energy?

vacuoles


What is the numerous in heart muscle cells because of need for energy?

Mitochondria


What is the power source of the heart?

The heart's main power source is a network of blood vessels called the coronary arteries, which supply oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle. This allows the heart to pump continuously without getting tired.


Is olive oil a quick source of energy?

No, but it is a heart-healthy fat.


Which organelle would you expect to be the most highly concentrated in heart muscle cells?

Mitochondria as the heart requires a lot of energy.


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.


Why is oxygen so critical to heart muscle?

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.


What type of muscle is the heart made off?

the heart is made out of a special type of muscle called cardiac muscle


What kind of muscle the heart?

The heart is a cardiac muscle