Force generation by the heart Flashcards
1
Q
What’s the term given to the appearance of cardiac muscle
A
Striated
2
Q
What causes the striation?
A
regular arrangement of the contractile proteins Actin and Myosin
3
Q
What joins cardiac myocytes?
A
Gap junctions - moves the AP between cells
4
Q
What is special about the gap juctions in the cardiac cells in terms of what this means for the AP which is passed from cell to cell?
A
It keeps an all or nothing response - if reached this will go to all of the cells.
