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The cardiac muscle cell
31 Jan 2000
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac myocyte is the most physically energetic cell in the body, contracting constantly, without tiring, 3 billion times or more in an average human lifespan. By coordinating its beating activity with that of its 3 billion neighbours in the main pump of the human heart, over 7,000 litres of blood are pumped per day, without conscious effort, along 100,000 miles of blood vessels. A detailed picture of the...
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