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Why don't you have to make your heart beat?

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Some muscles in the body are “involuntary”, which means you can't control them. The heart is made of a special involuntary muscle called cardiac muscle, and this muscle is made up of cells called cardiomyocytes (which literally means “heart muscle cells” in Latin)

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