cardiac muscle
Americannoun
-
a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
-
the myocardium.
Etymology
Origin of cardiac muscle
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Heart attacks typically kill millions of cardiac muscle cells, leaving the heart in a weakened state.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
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
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 muscular system, in vertebrates, is controlled through the nervous system, although some muscles, like cardiac muscle, can be completely autonomous.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
This is exhibited typically by cardiac muscle, though it is not unknown even in nerve.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
