Cardiac Muscle Cell Characteristics

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Which term describes the mass of cardiac muscle cells connected to each other via gap junctions?

  • Myocardium (correct)
  • Calcium Channels
  • Pacemaker Potential
  • Automaticity

What allows action potentials at any cell in a myocardium to stimulate all the cells in the myocardium?

  • Pacemaker Potential
  • Automaticity
  • Calcium Channels
  • Gap Junctions (correct)

Which term refers to the ability of cardiac muscle to produce action potentials automatically without innervation?

  • Automaticity (correct)
  • Calcium Channels
  • Myocardium
  • Pacemaker Potential

What initiates the pacemaker potential in cardiac muscle?

<p>Pacemaker Cells (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are voltage-gated calcium channels in cardiac muscle different from those in skeletal muscle?

<p>Not directly connected to calcium channels in the SR (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to the prevention of wave summation and tetanic contractions by cell membranes in cardiac tissue?

<p>Cell Membrane Inhibition (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which characteristic of cardiac tissue allows for contraction without neural stimulation and is controlled by pacemaker cells?

<p>Automaticity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of the cardiac muscle allows for variable contraction tension and is controlled by the nervous system?

<p>Pacemaker Potential (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of intercalated discs in cardiocytes?

<p>Enhance molecular and electrical connections (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do cardiac and smooth muscles behave?

<p>Regulated by autonomic nervous system (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the structural difference between cardiac and skeletal muscle fibers?

<p>Cardiac muscles have triads (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do cardiac muscle cells generate contractions?

<p>Through myosin/actin crossbridges stimulated by calcium (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of junctions permit impulses to be conducted cell to cell in cardiac muscle fibers?

<p>Gap junctions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary energy metabolism in cardiac muscle cells?

<p>Oxidative metabolism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes the myocardium different from skeletal muscle?

<p>Connection through gap junctions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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