Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are both involuntary muscles. Specialized cardiac muscle fibers make up the pacemaker that regulates your heart rate. This pacemaker, in turn, is under the control of the autonomic nervous system, the part of the nervous system that operates below your level of consciousness.
amnesia - partial or total loss of memory; he has a total blackout for events of the evening memory loss, blackout cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes
Amnesia refers to the loss of memory. Memory loss may result from two-sided (bilateral) damage to parts of the brain vital for memory storage, processing, or recall (the limbic system, including the hippocampus in the medial temporal lobe). Anterograde. 2  This form of amnesia follows brain trauma and is characterized by the inability to remember new information. 3  Recent experiences and short-term memory disappear, but victims can recall events prior to the trauma with clarity. 4  Retrograde.