What type of muscle tissue does the heart mainly consist of?

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Mandira P.
Jun 28, 2016

Heart muscle is named cardiac muscle. This muscle is striated but involuntary. Cells are ribbon shaped, branched; ends are connected by intercalated discs.

Explanation:

Heart muscle is functionally syncytial, and there are two separate syncytial masses around heart wall: atrial myocardium and ventricular myocardium.

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