cardiac muscle
Americannoun
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a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
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the myocardium.
Etymology
Origin of cardiac muscle
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Heart attacks typically kill millions of cardiac muscle cells, leaving the heart in a weakened state.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
The team previously explored how cardiac muscle contractions are affected by temperature, determining that our heart can contract efficiently within the body temperature range.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
The cardiac muscle is self-exciting, meaning it has its own conduction system.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Its chief usefulness is in steadying the decompensated heart, improving the conduction of impulses, and increasing the tone of the cardiac muscle.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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