_ of the heart is made up of special type of muscles, the cardiac muscles.
Correct answer: C. Myocardium
- A. Pericardium
- B. Epicardium
- C. Myocardium
- D. Endocardium
Explanation
Myocardium of the heart is made up of special type of muscles called cardiac muscles. These muscles contains myofibrils and myofilaments of myosin and actin. Their arrangement is similar to those in skeletal muscles fibres and their mechanism of contraction is essentially the same, except they are branched cells in which the successive cells are separated by junctions called intercalated discs.
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