The step which we do not as yet fully understand is the physical phenomenon which intervenes between the disengagement of chemical energy and the occurrence of muscular contraction.
Let the tendon become taut in muscular contraction, and the fine branches of the sensory axon will be squeezed and so stimulated.
It has much to do with maintaining the equilibrium of the body, and probably also with maintaining the steadiness and general efficiency of muscular contraction.
The singular effect upon the men of the eating of honeycombs, as described by Xenophon, was occasioned by the peculiar properties given to the honey, owing to its being extracted by the bees from narcotic plants.
Even the relatives, if any were in the tribunal, went through the same ceremony.
How do the periods of the axial revolution, which determine the length of the day, vary with the four planets nearest the sun?
He is very powerful and fierce, is armed with sharp claws two inches long, and has teeth which can bite through thick and hard metal.
Another effect of electricity which is externally visible on the human system is muscular contraction.
The strength of these shocks is shown both by the sensation produced and by the amount of muscular contraction caused.
Strychnia is thus an exciter of muscular contraction and of motion; exalting sensation in a less degree.
The production of muscular contraction at a distant point.
Muscular contraction is not often the sole cause of dislocation, although, as has been mentioned, it plays an important rôle in the production of the majority of these injuries.
The tuberosities may be implicated in other fractures in this region and in dislocation of the shoulder; and either of them may be separated by muscular contraction or by direct violence.
Muscular contraction is best overcome by the administration of a general anæsthetic, and in all but the simplest cases this should be given to ensure accurate and painless reduction.
A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.
The description of muscles, including the study of muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some form of myograph; myology.
The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.
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