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The type of muscle found in the wall of the heart is:

Answer: cardiac muscle.

A cardiac muscle
B skeletal muscle
C smooth muscle
D voluntary muscle

Correct answer: A. cardiac muscle

Explanation: Cardiac muscle is striated, involuntary and found only in the heart.

Structure of a sarcomere showing thick myosin filaments and thin actin filaments with the Z line, M line, A band, I band and H zone labelled

A sarcomere (Z line to Z line): during contraction the I band and H zone shorten as thin filaments slide over thick, while the A band stays the same length. Image: SlothMcCarty, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Types of movement, muscle contraction, skeletal system, joints, and disorders. Important for Class 11 and NEET.

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