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Cardiac Muscle
Cells: Long, striated, branching, one nucleus
Contraction is autorhythmic
Contraction sustained by aerobic metabolism (does not fatigue)
Intercalated disks, facilitates AP conduction between cells; cells function as unit
Contraction is autorhythmic
Contraction sustained by aerobic metabolism (does not fatigue)
Intercalated disks, facilitates AP conduction between cells; cells function as unit