| muscular paralysis |
Loss of the capacity of muscles to contract; may be due to a structural or functional disorder in the muscle at the myoneural junction, in efferent nerve fibers, in cell bodies of nuclei of origin of brain or gray matter of sp
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| muscular tension |
Condition of a muscle in which fibers tend to shorten and thus perform work or liberate heat.
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| muscular tone |
The state of slight contraction usually present in muscles that contributes to posture and coordination; the ability of a muscle to resist a force for a considerable period without change in length.
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| muscular tremor |
Slight oscillating muscular contractions in rhythmical order.
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| muscular system |
Function of muscles: 1. motion 2. heat production 3. posture and body support
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