BIO 215 Lecture 3: Lecture3

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Short and very branched, fusiform (all above is one cell ^) More then you would see in a skeletal muscle fiber. Need to have a massive amount of secure junction between cells d. They hold adjacent cardiac muscle cells together. Allow for an action potential spreading along the surface and penetrates t- tubules, and potentials can actually move through cells and gap junction over there (new area) and spread to neighboring cardiac cells. *junction when they come together are called intercalated discs* Cardiac cells have one nucleus some have 2. Cardiac muscle cells are self-excitable, and therefore, auto rhythmic (coordinates contraction of heart muscle) Cardiac muscle cells repeatedly generate spontaneous action potentials that then trigger heart contractions. These cells form the conduction system, which is the route for propagating action potentials through the heart muscle. The cell membranes in these specialized areas are leaking.

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