Cardiac muscle tissue is found in the heart, and is the force behind it's contractions.
Cardiac muscle tissue is protected by a connective tissue, which is arranged in a figure
eight pattern. It is known as striated because of its criss-crossing patterns. Cardiac
tissue is involuntary, because we do not manually control it.
 The contractions of cardiac muscle operate at a steady pace. The pace
of the contractions are controlled by a type of "pace-maker", which is located
within the actual heart, but at the same time is regulated by the acts of the autonomic
nervous system (ANS).
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