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Cardiac muscle Moderate

Cardiac muscle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction

2

The striated and involuntary muscle of the vertebrate heart.

See Also
cardioskeletal involuntary muscle vertebrate striated heart ventricular fibrillation autorhythmicity
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
muscle
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
pacemaker papillary muscle atrioventricular bundle atrioventricular node myocardium Purkinje fiber Purkinje network
Rhyming Words
cle icle secle macle cycle sicle socle uncle zocle circle sarcle boucle surcle guncle mascle oracle acicle icicle nuncle muscle
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