cardiac muscle
1Cardiac muscle — Dog Cardiac Muscl …
2Cardiac 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). * * * cardiac muscle n the principal muscle tissue of the …
3Cardiac muscle cell — Latin cardiomyocytus; myocytus cardiacus Code TH H2.00.05.2.02004 A cardiac muscle cell or myocardiocyte (also known as cardiomyocyte[1] …
4cardiac muscle — noun the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction • Syn: ↑heart muscle • Hypernyms: ↑muscle, ↑muscular tissue • Hyponyms: ↑pacemaker, ↑cardiac pacemaker, ↑ …
5cardiac 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 …
6cardiac muscle — See muscle …
7cardiac muscle — Anat. 1. a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates. 2. the myocardium. [1900 05] * * * …
8cardiac muscle — noun The striated and involuntary muscle of the vertebrate heart. Syn: myocardium …
9cardiac muscle — the specialized muscle of which the walls of the heart are composed. It is composed of a network of branching elongated cells (fibres) whose junctions with neighbouring cells are marked by irregular transverse bands known as intercalated discs …
10cardiac muscle — car′diac mus cle n. 1) anat. a specialized form of striated muscle in the hearts of vertebrates 2) anat. the myocardium • Etymology: 1900–05 …
