#cardiac_muscle__cardiacmuscle__heart_muscle__heartmuscle the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction
supertype: muscular_tissue__muscle animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
part of: heart.internal_organ
subtype: cardiac_pacemaker__cardiacpacemaker__pacemaker__sinoatrial_node__SA_node a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
subtype: papillary_muscle__papillarymuscle any of several muscles associated with the atrioventricular valves; "the papillary muscles contract during systole to prevent regurgitation of blood into the atria"
subtype: atrioventricular_bundle__bundle_of_His__atrioventricular_trunk__truncus_atrioventricularis a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
subtype: atrioventricular_node a node of specialized heart muscle located in the septal wall of the right atrium; receives impulses from the sinoatrial node and transmits them to atrioventricular bundle
subtype: myocardium the middle muscular layer of the heart wall
subtype: Purkinje_fiber a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network
subtype: Purkinje_network__Purkinje's_tissue__Purkinje's_system a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract
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