Muscle Tonus [svalový tonus]
topical
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- Terms
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svalové napětí
svaly - tonus
tonus svalu
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Muscle Tension
Muscle Tightness
Muscular Tension
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D009129
Definition
The state of activity or tension of a muscle beyond that related to its physical properties, that is, its active resistance to stretch. In skeletal muscle, tonus is dependent upon efferent innervation. (Stedman, 25th ed)
- DUI
- D009129 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0014244
- Previous indexing
- Muscle Contraction (1966-1969)
- History note
- 72(70)
- Public note
- 72; for MUSCLE TENSION see MUSCLE CONTRACTION 1998-2006
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Occurrences in Medvik records
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Phenomena and Processes