Human Physiology
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Author: Fox, Stuart Ira
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 13, Problem 25RA
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Process of calcium-induced calcium ion being released in myocardium.Â
Differences between this process and excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscles.
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Cardiomyocytes have always been worthy of coordinated contraction, regulated by intercalated discs gap junctions. The gap junctions spread action potentials to promote excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) in cardiac, skeletal, and some smooth muscle tissues. ECC explains the process of transforming a neuronal electrical stimulus to a mechanical response which promotes movement of the muscle. Action potentials are the electrical stimuli that give rise to the mechanical response in ECC.
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