MCAT Question A Day - 9/11/14 - Answer!

Cardiac muscle is excited by:

A. parasympathetic nervous excitation.

B. constriction of T-tubules.

C. increased cytosolic sodium concentration.

D. increased cytosolic calcium concentration.

D is correct. All muscles contract in response to increased cytosolic calcium concentration.

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