The MUSCLE tissue that forms the walls of the HEART. Myocardial cells are unique in their structure, blending muscle and NERVE structures so they can both contract and conduct electrical impulses. Myocardial cells thus can contract independent of external stimulation. The myocardial fibers of the atria have a different configuration from those of the ventricles. TheCORONARY ARTERIES provide an extensive network to supply blood to the myocardium, which requires about 70 percent of the blood's oxygen. With increasing age, fibrous and fatty tissue tends to infiltrate the myocardium, somewhat reducing its effectiveness.
Myocardium
Hibernating myocardium is a state when some segments of the myocardium exhibit abnormalities of contractile function. These abnormalities can be visualized with echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine or ventriculography.
You have three layers of heart. Outer is pericardium. Middle is myocardium. Inner is endocardium. The middle layer function in blood pumping, mainly.
The myocardium receives blood from the coronary arteries.
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Myocardium is muscular tissue that is found in the heart. Myocardium is an essential element in the workings of the heart.
Another word for myocardium is the heart muscle. The myocardium is the middle and thickest layer of the heart wall.
The thick muscle layer of the heart is the myocardium. It is the middle layer of the heart and produces pressure.
The myocardium is the muscles that surround and power the heart.
The function of the coronary artery is to carry oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium (heart muscle), it does not actually take the carbon dioxide away, (that is the job of the great and small cardiac veins).