It Is Essential for Heart Muscle Cells to Beat in a Coordinated

question 8

Multiple Choice

It is essential for heart muscle cells to beat in a coordinated fashion.The cell junctions that would best facilitate this are

• A)occluding junctions.
• B)gap junctions.
• C)anchoring junctions.
• D)tight junctions.

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Definitions:

Vesicles

Small sacs within the synaptic knobs that contain chemicals called neurotransmitters.

Impulse Transmission

The process by which nerve cells communicate with each other or with muscles, involving the movement of electrical or chemical signals across synapses.

Diencephalon

A region of the brain located between the cerebrum and midbrain that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus, important for sensory and autonomic functions.

Cerebral Cortex

The cerebrum's external neural tissue layer, crucial for functions such as memory, attention, perception, thinking, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.