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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Muscle Contraction > Muscle Relaxation

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Muscle Relaxation  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • do not use as coord for relaxation of cardiac muscle ( = MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION)

Scope note

  • That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position.

History note

  • 91(77); was see under MUSCLE CONTRACTION 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009126

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