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If heart muscle is deprived of oxygen for too long, it will start to die through a process called A. lymphedema. B. arrhythmia. C. atherosclerosis. D. infarction

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D. infarction

• infarction is defined as the obstruction of the blood supply to an organ or region of tissue, typically by a thrombus or embolus, causing death of the tissue (necrosis)

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