Question 10 • 2026-2027 EDGE Human Anatomy and Physiology A
Cardiac muscle is the muscle tissue of the heart, and it contracts automatically without conscious control. A movement or action that occurs without conscious control is involuntary, so “involuntary” is the correct choice. “Atrophy” means wasting or shrinking of muscle, not the way it moves.
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