MICROANATOMY

BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM LYMPHOID ORGANS

BLOOD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Wall of the heart, made up mostly of cardiac muscle, is called the
A
Pericardium
B
Epicardium
C
Myocardium
D
Endocardium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The muscle layer of the heart is termed the myocardium and is made up of cardiomyocytes. The myocardium is found in the walls of all four chambers of the heart, though it is thicker in the ventricles and thinner in the atria.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cardiac muscle, also called the myocardium, is one of three major categories of muscles found within the human body, along with smooth muscle and skeletal muscle. Cardiac muscle, like skeletal muscle, is made up of sarcomeres that allow for contractility.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cardiac muscle (or myocardium) makes up the thick middle layer of the heart. It is one of three types of muscle in the body, along with skeletal and smooth muscle.

Detailed explanation-4: -The wall of the heart consists of three distinct layers-the epicardium (outer layer), the myocardium (middle layer), and the endocardium (inner layer).

Detailed explanation-5: -The myocardium is the muscular layer of the heart. It consists of cardiac muscle cells (cardiac myocytes [also known as cardiac rhabdomyocytes] or cardiomyocytes) arranged in overlapping spiral patterns.

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