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
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 cells of cardiac muscle tissue are connected to each other through intercalated disks and usually have just one nucleus per cell.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
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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