Cardiac muscle

The branching nature of cardiac muscle fibers is clearly evident in this longitudinal-section of cardiac muscle. 

Click on thumbnail at left for a higher-magnification view. 

Click on the thumbnail at right for a specimen stained to highlight intercalated disks.

 

 

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