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  2. Intercalated disc - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Gap junctions connect the cytoplasms of neighboring cells electrically allowing cardiac action potentials to spread between cardiac cells by permitting the passage of ions between cells, producing depolarization of the heart muscle. [3] [2] All of these junctions work together as a single unit called the area composita. [2]

  3. Heart of Frédéric Chopin - Wikipedia

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    In early January 1850, Chopin's eldest sister, Ludwika Jędrzejewicz, returned from France by rail to Poland with her daughter and her brother's heart.She carried the heart with her, concealing its container underneath her cloak or skirt [6] as she smuggled it through a customs inspection at the Austrian border and past Russian border agents into Poland. [4]

  4. Frank–Starling law - Wikipedia

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    There is no bone to fix sarcomere length in the heart (of any animal) so sarcomere length is very variable and depends directly upon blood filling and thereby expanding the heart chambers. In the human heart, maximal force is generated with an initial sarcomere length of 2.2 micrometers, a length which is rarely exceeded in a normal heart.

  5. Bore gauge - Wikipedia

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    The values initially increases and at one point starts decreasing; stop that point, it is called max point on the circle. That is the diameter of the component. Repeat the procedure in 3 different places and get the average value of the diameter of the component. This is the most common way to measure the larger bore.

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    Image credits: borez #2. 2008: I came down with swine flu and had to wear a surgical mask. My deadbeat dad went to jail. And on Christmas morning I found my beloved pet parakeet dead on the bottom ...

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    3 ways to minimize your risk of heart disease. In the years around menopause, people should follow general healthy living advice for maintaining heart health. Noble advised, “Lifestyle ...

  8. Cardiac skeleton - Wikipedia

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    [3] The left atrioventricular ring is closely connected, by its right margin, with the aortic arterial ring; between these and the right atrioventricular ring is a triangular mass of fibrous tissue, the fibrous trigone, which represents the os cordis seen in the heart of some of the larger animals, such as the ox. [3]

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    Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!