muscle action

  • 1muscle action potential — compound muscle action p …

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  • 2Compound muscle action potential — The compound muscle action potential (CMAP) or compound motor action potential is a electromyography investigation (electrical study of muscle function). The CMAP represents the sumation of all underlying individual muscle fiber action potentials …

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  • 3compound muscle action potential — (CMAP) a group of almost simultaneous action potentials from several muscle fibers in the same area; they are usually evoked by stimulation of the supplying motor nerve and are recorded as one multipeaked summated action potential. See also A… …

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  • 4muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …

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  • 5Action potential — In physiology, an action potential is a short lasting event in which the electrical membrane potential of a cell rapidly rises and falls, following a consistent trajectory. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, called… …

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  • 6Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …

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  • 7Muscle spindle — Latin fusus neuromuscularis Code TH H3.11.06.0.00018 Muscle spindles are sensory receptors within the belly of a muscle, which primarily detect changes in the length of this muscle. They convey length information to the central nervous system via …

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  • 8Muscle Grand Fessier — Muscle grand glutéal Le muscle grand fessier (réséqué). Vue postérieure. Le muscle grand glutéal (en latin Gluteus Maximus, anciennement muscle grand fessier) est un muscle du membre pelvien ou inférieur ou communément jambe, et qui appartient… …

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  • 9Muscle grand fessier — Muscle grand glutéal Le muscle grand fessier (réséqué). Vue postérieure. Le muscle grand glutéal (en latin Gluteus Maximus, anciennement muscle grand fessier) est un muscle du membre pelvien ou inférieur ou communément jambe, et qui appartient… …

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  • 10Muscle Dentelé Antérieur — Partie antérieurs du muscle à l insertion costale (noté A). Vue de devant Le muscle dentelé antérieur (Seratus anterior) plus communément dénommé en français muscle grand dentelé ou muscle serratus est un muscle de la paroi thoracique, et aussi… …

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