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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These cysts are most commonly found in neurons, but they also appear frequently in skeletal and cardiac muscle.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
Heart disease remains a leading cause of death worldwide, with myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack, causing irreparable damage to cardiac muscle cells.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024
Repairing cardiac muscle after a heart attack is the "holy grail" of heart research, complicated by the fact that heart tissue does not regenerate on its own.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024
The heart is composed of cardiac muscle, an involuntary muscle tissue that is found only within this organ.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Extreme exercise also, to a certain degree, exerts a favorable influence on the cardiac muscle, augmenting both its nutrition and its capacity for labor.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various
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