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Dictionary » T » Tones Tonestone 1. The normal degree of vigour and tension, in muscle, the resistance to passive elongation or stretch, tonus. 2. A particular quality of sound or of voice. 3. To make permanent or to change, the colour of silver stain by chemical treatment, usually with a heavy metal. Origin: Gr. Tonos, L. Tonus ![]()
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Results from our forumRe: Green mammals... is oddly overlooked is our own species, homo sapiens. It is not uncommon for southern Europeans, Middle Easterners, or North Africans to have skin tones that appear somewhat 'green' on color (hence the term "olive skin"). Again, however, truth be told, in my experience most 'olive skinned' ...
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Re: weight lifting, repetitions & evolution theory... but the adaptation to adapt — for example, the ability of some animals to change their coats in response to environment. Humans (of certain tones) can "change" our skin with the practice of tanning. By extension from this principle, human muscles can survive a fair amount of use, ...
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Re: Muscle TonesSkeletal muscle is striated, and part of the somatic (voluntary nervous system.) Smooth muscle is non striated, and part of the autonomic (involuntary nervous system.) The difference would be like bench pressing (skeletal) and digestion (smooth.) There is also cardiac which is striated and autonomic.
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Origins of MusicI would imagine that the success of music has to do with its use of simple tones. human hearing (and likely most animals) is set up based on tone, which is a term for the frequency of the sound. the membrane in the ear is set up from one end which vibrates due ...
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Muscle TonesHi there, What is the difference between a skeletal muscle tone and a smooth muscle tone? I was told that the skeletal muscle tone had something to do with muscle spindles and the smooth muscle tone used hormones ... Is it the mechanism to initiate muscle tone that is different? :?
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