the contraction of muscles
31Transversospinales muscles — Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli …
32Muscular system of the horse — See also: Equine anatomy Contents 1 Types of muscle 2 Build of skeletal muscle 3 Tendons of the lower leg 4 Main skeletal muscles of the horse …
33Glands and hormones of the human endocrine system — ▪ Table Glands and hormones of the human endocrine system gland or tissue principal hormone function testis testosterone stimulates development of male sex organs and secondary sex characteristics, including facial hair growth and increased… …
34Braxton-Hicks contraction — noun painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency • Syn: ↑false labor • Hypernyms: ↑contraction, ↑muscular contraction, ↑muscle contraction …
35intrinsic sonic muscles — striated muscles of the gas bladder wall, used in sound production by contraction, e.g. Porichthys notatus (Batrachoididae). See also extrinsic sonic muscles …
36Braxton Hicks contraction — /brækstən ˈhɪks/ (say brakstuhn hiks) noun a contraction of the uterine muscles during pregnancy prior to the onset of labour …
37carpopedal contraction — chronic shortening of the muscles of the upper and lower limbs, including the fingers and toes, in tetany …
38muscle — 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… …
39Muscle weakness — ICD 10 M62.8 ICD 9 728.87 (728.9 before 10/01/03) DiseasesDB …
40Insect morphology — Legend of body parts Tagmata : A Head, B Thorax, C Abdomen. 1. antenna 2. ocelli (lower) 3. ocelli (upper) 4. compound eye 5. brain (cerebral ganglia) 6. prothorax …
