are cardiac muscle cells multinucleated

[IWantH2O]

some sources say the are mononucleated while others say multi


which one is it

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[Mamona]

mononucleated

 

[jdent]

cardiac cells only have one nucleus or mononucleated.

 

[doc3232]

mononucleated

Ya, but they open up on each other through gap junctions.

 

[Albuterol]

yea but that only allows them to share the cytoplasm. each cell still has 1 nucleus.
only muscle cells are multinucleated.

 

[IWantH2O]

mononucleated

r u guys sure because look wat this says
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Cardiac_muscle/id/1946138

 

[211183]

also... i would try to use reliable sources on the internet... experiencefestival doesn't exactly sound like a credited source of information.

 

[Albuterol]

yea but id still go with mononucleated they are the most abundant. schaums says cardiac muscle is primarily composed of striated, mononucleate cells.

An intercalated disc is an undulating double membrane separating adjacent cells in cardiac muscle fibers. Intercalated discs support synchronized contraction of cardiac tissue. They can easily be visualized by a longitudinal section of the tissue.

 

[Albuterol]

also... i would try to use reliable sources on the internet... experiencefestival doesn't exactly sound like a credited source of information.

i was thinking the same thing lol

 

[211183]

i was thinking the same thing lol

Got to be suspicious. Name + Wealth of Google ads all across page = Red Flag.

 

[Holopeachy1]

The OP is right and the unreliable source is somewhat right aswell, cardiac muscle has 1 or 2 centrally located nuclei, they are mononucleated and sometimes binucleated, never multinucleated though, thats the characteristic of skeletal muscle as you know!

This is straight out of my anatomy book by the way!