心しん筋きん

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

cardiac muscle; heart muscle; myocardium

Anatomical term for the muscle tissue of the heart. Used in medical and biological contexts.

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Myocardial infarction is a condition in which blood stops reaching the heart muscle.

心しん筋きんは不ふ随ずい意い筋きんで、自じ分ぶんの意い思しでは動うごかせない。

Cardiac muscle is involuntary muscle and cannot be moved at will.

心しん筋きんが壊え死しするfor the cardiac muscle to undergo necrosis
血けつ流りゅうが止とまると心しん筋きんが壊え死ししてしまう。
If the blood flow stops, the cardiac muscle undergoes necrosis.
心しん筋きんを保ほ護ごするto protect the heart muscle (e.g. during surgery)
手しゅ術じゅつ中ちゅうは薬やく剤ざいで心しん筋きんを保ほ護ごする。
During the operation, the heart muscle is protected with medication.

心しん臓ぞうN3
心臓 refers to the heart as a whole organ, while 心筋 refers specifically to the muscle tissue that makes up the heart wall.
骨こっ格かく筋きん
骨格筋 is voluntary skeletal muscle, whereas 心筋 is the involuntary cardiac muscle unique to the heart, so learners may wrongly treat them as interchangeable muscle types.

Compound of 心 (heart) and 筋 (muscle), directly describing the heart muscle.

たこつぼ心しん筋きん症しょう

takotsubo cardiomyopathy; stress cardiomyopathy; broken heart syndrome

antegrade cardioplegia