The membrane of a contractile cardiac muscle cell contains

A.  no calcium pumps.
B.  calcium pumps that move calcium out of the cell.
C.  calcium pumps that move calcium into the cell.
D.  calcium pumps that open and allow calcium to diffuse down its concentration gradient to reach equilibrium.


B

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