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Question
Cardiac muscles are ______.
Options
hemoglobin
alkaline
diaphragm
red bone morrow
acidic
voluntary
involuntary
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Solution
Cardiac muscles are involuntary.
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The diagram given below represents the human heart in one phase of its functions. Study the diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:

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- Which part of the heart is contracting in this phase? Give a reason to support your answer.
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- What type of blood flows through 2?
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- Name the membrane that covers the heart.
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(b) What is meant by the term ‘double circulation’ of blood in mammals?
(c) what is diastole?
[There is an “error” in the diagram. According to the usual practice the pulmonary (lung)
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The blood tastes saltish due to the dissolved.
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The membranous covering of the heart is _______.
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