cardiac muscle

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• Cardiac muscle — Dog Cardiac Muscl …   Wikipedia

• Cardiac muscle — A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The cardiac muscle is the muscle of the heart and medically is called the myocardium ( myo being the prefix renoting muscle) …   Medical dictionary

• cardiac muscle — noun Date: circa 1881 the principal involuntary muscle tissue of the vertebrate heart made up of striated fibers joined at usually branched ends and functioning in synchronized rhythmic contraction …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cardiac muscle — Anat. 1. a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates. 2. the myocardium. [1900 05] * * * …   Universalium

• cardiac muscle — See muscle …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• cardiac muscle — Медицина: миокард, сердечная мышца …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Мышца Сердечная, Миокард, Слой Средний (Cardiac Muscle) — мышца стенки сердца. Сердечная мышца образована исчерченной поперечнополосатой мышечной тканью, состоящей из кардиомиоцитов, которые, нерегулярно соединяясь между собой, формируют сеть; кардиомиоциты соединяются между собой при помощи контактов,… …   Медицинские термины

• Cardiac muscle cell — Latin cardiomyocytus; myocytus cardiacus Code TH H2.00.05.2.02004 A cardiac muscle cell or myocardiocyte (also known as cardiomyocyte[1] …   Wikipedia



• Cardiac cycle — Cardiac events occurring in the cardiac cycle. Two complete cycles are illustrated. The cardiac cycle is a term referring to all or any of the events related to the flow or blood pressure that occurs from the beginning of one heartbeat to the… …   Wikipedia

• Cardiac output — (Q or or CO ) is the volume of blood being pumped by the heart, in particular by a left or right ventricle in the time interval of one minute. CO may be measured in many ways, for example dm3/min (1 dm3 equals 1000 cm3 or 1 litre). Q is… …   Wikipedia