{"id":3644,"date":"2017-12-04T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=3644"},"modified":"2026-08-01T13:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:37:51","slug":"8-8-muscle-tissue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-8-muscle-tissue\/","title":{"rendered":"8-8  Muscle tissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>CARDIAC MUSCLE &#8211; 2<\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> The upper figure shows cardiac muscle fibers sectioned longitudinally, and the lower figure cross-sectioned fibers.<br \/>\nObserve the main histological features of cardiac muscle fibers:<br \/>\n&#8211; Fibers organized in bundles<br \/>\n&#8211; Nuclei centrally located \u2013 highlighted in green after clicking or using the mouse. The position of the nuclei can be better distinguished in cross-sections of the fibers.<br \/>\n&#8211; Intercalated disks can be seen in longitudinal sections of the fibers. They are darker staining lines placed transversely to the fibers. Sometimes the intercalated disks may be poorly stained after hematoxylin and eosin staining.<br \/>\nSome of disks of the upper figure become highlighted in light green.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <\/p>\n<div onclick>\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-8-A.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-8-A-MO.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-8-A.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cardiac muscle. Staining: HE. Medium magnification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-8-B.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-8-B-MO.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-8-B.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cardiac muscle. Staining: HE. Medium magnification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-9-muscle-tissue\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-7-muscle-tissue\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-0-muscle-tissue\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3644","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3644"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23696,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3644\/revisions\/23696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}