Why is it important that muscle cells be in contact with one another?

Cardiac tissue is only found in the walls of the heart chambers, where it provides the muscle contractions required to pump blood throughout the body. At the tissue level, cardiac muscle is striated (or striped) since, like skeletal muscle, it has organized sarcomeres. However, cardiac muscle fibers are shorter than skeletal muscle fibers and usually contain only one nucleus, which is located in the central region of the cell.

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