Smooth muscle is located in the organs such as the esophagus, digestive system, uterus and blood vessels. Striated muscle is the typical muscle that you think of when you think of a muscle and is attached to the skeleton. Cardiac muscle is located in ...
The action potential, the electrochemical wave, responsible for the heartbeat comes from within the cardiac muscle itself, allowing the heart to continue to function even if the nerves enervating it are severed, as in the case of a heart transplant. The cardiac muscle is supplied by nerves, ...
Types of muscle The three types of muscle are skeletal, smooth and cardiac. Skeletal muscle is striated, is attached to the skeleton and responsible for voluntary movement. Smooth muscle is found in organs and its action is involuntary. Cardiac ...
What is the function of the cardiac muscle cell cytoskeleton?Pinder, J CTaylorHarris, PHayes, N V LMaggs, A MHanusLorenz, PBennett, P BPhillips, G WTerracciano, C M NGascard, PBaines, A J
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure to check how well your heart is pumping blood. It is also used to measure pressure in different parts of your heart. A catheter (long thin tube) is inserted into your arm, neck, or groin and moved into your heart. An x-ray may be used to guide...
Patrick is a 70-year-old diabetic man with a 2-year history of stable chest pain when he exerts himself. He is awoken from sleep with the acute onset of crushing central chest pain which radiates to his neck and left arm. His normal medications include normally aspirin, a diuretic, a ch...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death in both men and women in the UK according to the NHS.
Fabry disease is a rare inherited condition characterized by the toxic accumulation of a fatty substance called globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) in the body’s cells. This buildup impairs organ function, especially in the kidneys and heart. The disease is also known as Anderson-Fabry disease, after...
Said another way, ATP alone is not a sensitive measure of energetic state nor of mitochondrial function[15]. In extracts from non-contracting skeletal muscle, consensus levels for total ATP are ~5-6 mmol/g, for ADP ~0.5 mmol/g, and for AMP ~0.1 mmol/g, although values differ between ...
Cardiac muscle cells differ from skeletal muscle cells because: a) They can respond to neurotransmitters. b) They contain intercalated discs and gap junctions. c) They require calcium for contraction. d) They are striated. What term is used for the contraction of heart muscle?