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 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 physiological significance of these findings will become clear when the functional difference between skeletal and cardiac muscle is considered.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
The heart is composed of cardiac muscle, an involuntary muscle tissue that is found only within this organ.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Because of its tendency to raise blood pressure and weaken cardiac muscle, tobacco is entirely forbidden at Nauheim, except in a few individual instances, and then the amount allowed is a minimum one.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
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