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cardiac muscle |
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cardiac muscle [′kärd·ē‚ak ¦məs·əl] (histology) The principal tissue of the vertebrate heart; composed of a syncytium of striated muscle fibers. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Dwarfed by a comma, each tiny device consists of an arch of gold coated along its inner surface with a sheath of cardiac muscle grown from rat cells. 65) Autoantibodies to the myocardium (68) as well as direct infection of cardiac muscle by HIV also have been reported in people with HIV. The problem, says the doc, is with Sloan's natural pacemaker - a bundle of cells in the heart that sends out electrical signals to trigger cardiac muscle contractions ("beats"). |
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