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Function of the cardiac muscle
Difference between skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and heart muscle
Characteristic features of the cardiac muscle
Central nucleus
Striations
Intercalated disks
Fascia adherens
Desmosome
Gap junctions
Histological analysis of two transversal sections of the heart muscle

► THE PROF: Your lecturer is Professor Geoff Meyer. He is currently teaching at the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia (UWA). As a leading anatomy and histology expert he is also coordinating the Federative International Program for Anatomical Terminologies (FIPAT) of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA). Besides medical research on the ovarian function, steroidogenesis, corpus luteum, angiogenesis, and microcirculation, Geoff Meyer’s research activities also focus on developing innovative, computeraided learning and teaching tools. For his inventiveness, Geoff Meyer has received a number of awards, including the Australian University Teaching Award.

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