cardiac muscle

American  

noun

Anatomy.

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

2. the myocardium.

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Etymology

Origin of cardiac muscle

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Heart disease remains a leading cause of death worldwide, with myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack, causing irreparable damage to cardiac muscle cells.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

The physiological significance of these findings will become clear when the functional difference between skeletal and cardiac muscle is considered.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

The team previously explored how cardiac muscle contractions are affected by temperature, determining that our heart can contract efficiently within the body temperature range.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

Like smooth muscle, cardiac muscle cells contain only one nucleus.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Because of its tendency to raise blood pressure and weaken cardiac muscle, tobacco is entirely forbidden at Nauheim, except in a few individual instances, and then the amount allowed is a minimum one.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)