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  Cardiac muscle tissue model

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Cardiac muscle is striated like skeletal muscle but  adapted for involuntary, rhythmic contractions like smooth muscle.  The myofibrils are transversely striated, but each cell has only one centrally located nucleus.  Note the dark blue transverse bands on the model called intercalated disks that mark the boundaries between the ends of the muscle cells.  These specialized junctional zones are unique to cardiac muscle..

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