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Search Results for: tonus

Muscle tonus

Definition noun (1) The muscle in a steady partially contracted state caused by the successive flow of nerve... Read More

Tonus

Definition noun (1) Tonicity of muscle. (2) The muscle in a steady partially contracted state caused by the successive flow... Read More

Muscle tone

Definition noun (1) The muscle in a steady partially contracted state caused by the successive flow of nerve... Read More

Release phenomenon

release phenomenon The increased tonus and hyperirritability of muscle-stretch reflexes which occur following damage of the... Read More

Reticular activating system

reticular activating system (Science: physiology) A physiological term denoting that part of the brainstem reticular... Read More