cardiac muscle

noun

, Anatomy.

1. a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
2. the myocardium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardiac muscle¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Thereafter follows the most important effect of the drug, which is a direct stimulation of the cardiac muscle.

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The cardiac muscle loses its irritability to stimuli at the time it ceases to beat.

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Examples of this are furnished by the cardiac muscle of the animal, the pulvinus of Mimosa, and the stamen of Berberis.

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When cardiac muscle was poisoned with caffein, microscopical examination showed that the striations disappeared.

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This is exhibited typically by cardiac muscle, though it is not unknown even in nerve.

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