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How do skeletal and cardiac muscles differ?

cardiac is uni/binucleate, has intercalated discs, and is has branching fibers, skeletal is multinucleate and is long and cylindrically shaped.Skeletal muscle is found in the arms and legs and also other parts of your body. For skeletal muscle to contract it needs to be independly stimulated by a nerve ending. Cardiac muscle is a involantry muscle within the heart which automaticly contracts because of its self- excitable cells. It is a muscle which does NOT produce lactic acide ( normally) and it does not need a nerve to stimulate it to contract


What tissue is specialized to conduct electrical impulses?

Cardiac muscle is a type of involuntary striated muscle found in the walls of the heart, particularly the myocardium. Cardiac muscle cells are identified as cardiac myocytes or cardiomyocytes. Cardiac muscle is one of three major types of muscle, the others being skeletal and smooth muscle. Cardiac muscle, different from skeletal muscle, is composed of separate cellular elements. A cardiac muscle cell has a large nucleus and numerous mitochondria. The elevated concentration of mitochondria reveals the huge energy burden that predominant the heart. Contractile proteins of actin and myosin myofilaments are in the cytoplasm. They form bands of varying density. The heart produces regular electrical impulses causing the muscle myofibrils to glide above one another and squeeze the cardiac muscle. Some cardiac cells are self-excitable, contracting devoid of any signal from the nervous system. Each of these cells have their own inherent contraction rhythm. A section of the human heart called the sinoatrial node, or pacemaker, sets the rate and timing that all cardiac muscle cells contract. The SA node generates electrical impulses, from the SA node spreading rapidly through the walls of the artria, causing both artria to contract in unison. The impulses also pass to another section of specialized cardiac muscle tissue, a convey point called the atrioventricular node AV bundle or artioventricular bundle or Bundle or His. This collection of heart muscle cells are also specialized for electrical conduction that transmits the electrical impulses from the AV node to the point of the apex of the fascicular branches. The fascicular branches then lead to the Purkinje fibers then conduct the signals to the apex of the heart along and throughout the ventricular walls. The Purkinje fibers form conducting pathways called bundle branches.


What cell recognizes and destroy non self cells?

Natural killer cells (NK cells) are a type of immune cell that recognizes and destroys non-self cells, such as infected or cancerous cells. NK cells use a variety of receptors to detect abnormal cells and trigger their destruction through mechanisms like inducing apoptosis.


How do histocompatibility antigens help the immune system in recognizing and distinguishing between self and non-self cells?

Histocompatibility antigens, also known as human leukocyte antigens (HLAs), help the immune system recognize and distinguish between self and non-self cells by serving as markers on the surface of cells. These antigens play a crucial role in immune responses by allowing the immune system to identify and target foreign invaders while avoiding attacking the body's own cells.


What are examples of mitochondria and chloroplasts?

Examples of mitochondria include liver cells and muscle cells, which require a lot of energy and therefore have a high number of mitochondria. Examples of chloroplasts include leaf cells in plants, where photosynthesis occurs to convert sunlight into energy.

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What is rhythmicity?

a pacemaker that initiated each contraction of a heart beat "Autorhythmic cells: cardiac or smooth muscle fibers that are self-excitable; act as the heart's pacemaker and conduct the pacing impulse through the conduction system of the heart; self-excitable neurons in central nervous system,as in the inspiratory area of the brain stem." -Principles of Anotomy and physiology, TORTORA, DERRICKSON, 11th edition, Wiley & sons, Inc. (c) 2006 by bio. Sci. textbooks, Inc. and Bryan Derrickson


What are the properties of cardiac cells?

Cardiac cells are specialized muscle cells that contract rhythmically to pump blood. They have the ability to generate and conduct electrical impulses, allowing the heart to beat in a coordinated manner. Cardiac cells are also capable of self-regeneration to a limited extent and are highly dependent on a constant supply of oxygen for energy production.


What is auto-rhythmicity?

Autorhythmicity is the tendency for the sinoatrial node of the heart to have a low threshold for depolarization leading to the heart contracting on a regular basis, i.e. in a regular rhythm, without external stimulus from the nervous system.


What are some examples of a multicelled organism?

A good example is your muscle tissue. You your - self are a multi celled organisims as there are thousands of cells in your body that keeps you alive and helps your body work. One of them is your muscle's there are numerous cells in the muscle all working together so you can walk, strectch run ext.. Hope this helped :-)


How do skeletal and cardiac muscles differ?

cardiac is uni/binucleate, has intercalated discs, and is has branching fibers, skeletal is multinucleate and is long and cylindrically shaped.Skeletal muscle is found in the arms and legs and also other parts of your body. For skeletal muscle to contract it needs to be independly stimulated by a nerve ending. Cardiac muscle is a involantry muscle within the heart which automaticly contracts because of its self- excitable cells. It is a muscle which does NOT produce lactic acide ( normally) and it does not need a nerve to stimulate it to contract


Why muscle relaxants do not affect the cardiac muscle?

The heart muscle is self stimulating and so it is not affected by muscle relaxants.


What type of cells is the hearts conduction system made of?

Cardiac muscle is a type of involuntary striated muscle found in the walls of the heart, particularly the myocardium. Cardiac muscle cells are identified as cardiac myocytes or cardiomyocytes. Cardiac muscle is one of three major types of muscle, the others being skeletal and smooth muscle. Cardiac muscle, different from skeletal muscle, is composed of separate cellular elements. A cardiac muscle cell has a large nucleus and numerous mitochondria. The elevated concentration of mitochondria reveals the huge energy burden that predominant the heart. Contractile proteins of actin and myosin myofilaments are in the cytoplasm. They form bands of varying density. The heart produces regular electrical impulses causing the muscle myofibrils to glide above one another and squeeze the cardiac muscle. Some cardiac cells are self-excitable, contracting devoid of any signal from the nervous system. Each of these cells have their own inherent contraction rhythm. A section of the human heart called the sinoatrial node, or pacemaker, sets the rate and timing that all cardiac muscle cells contract. The SA node generates electrical impulses, from the SA node spreading rapidly through the walls of the artria, causing both artria to contract in unison. The impulses also pass to another section of specialized cardiac muscle tissue, a convey point called the atrioventricular node AV bundle or artioventricular bundle or Bundle or His. This collection of heart muscle cells are also specialized for electrical conduction that transmits the electrical impulses from the AV node to the point of the apex of the fascicular branches. The fascicular branches then lead to the Purkinje fibers then conduct the signals to the apex of the heart along and throughout the ventricular walls. The Purkinje fibers form conducting pathways called bundle branches.


What is the muscle that works by it self?

the heart and the braain


What kingdom contains mostly microscopic organisms?

I dont know why dont ya go and do ya homework by ya self next time! :P


Is self-rising flour gluten-free?

No, self-rising flour is not gluten-free as it typically contains wheat flour, which contains gluten.


Body cells have self markers located?

Body cells have self markers, or proteins, located on their surface that help the immune system identify them as part of the body and not foreign invaders. These self markers are unique to each individual and aid in distinguishing between self and non-self cells. When the immune system detects cells without these self markers, it may initiate an immune response to target and eliminate those foreign cells.


What is the difference between involuntary muscle and cardiac muscle?

Voluntary (or skeletal) muscle cells, involuntary (or smooth) muscle cells, and cardiac (or heart) muscle cells, all have thick and thin filaments (myosin and actin, respectively), for their sliding filament mechanism, enabling movements However, since their funscions are different, there are significiant differences in their structures: shapes, sizes, proportion of filaments, their response to stimulus, and the kind of stimulus itself, for example.