Help with Cardiac Muscle Physiology
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What is the correct sequence of the cardiac impulse as it transverses through the heart?
A patient is shown to have a cardiac output of 
Which of the following cellular structures allows the heart to operate as a functional syncytium?
Three muscle cells are placed side by side.
In muscle cell 1, striations are clearly visible.
In muscle cell 2, striations are also present, with sharp discs periodically found along muscle fibers. Further examination shows gap junctions between adjacent cells.
In muscle cell 3, no striations are present.
Which of the above types of muscle cell is most likely to be found in the myocardium?
What is the pericardial membrane?
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of cardiac muscle?