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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Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
Heart attacks typically kill millions of cardiac muscle cells, leaving the heart in a weakened state.
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 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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