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twitch muscle fibre — noun a muscle fibre involved in movement, either in low intensity movement and posture requiring strength of contraction (slow twitch muscle fibre) or in high intensity movement, such as sprinting and heavy lifting requiring speed of contraction… …
Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin … Wikipedia
muscle — Tissue specialized for contraction. See also twitch muscle, catch muscle … Dictionary of molecular biology
muscle fibers red — slow twitch muscle f s … Medical dictionary
muscle fibers type I — slow twitch muscle f s … Medical dictionary
muscle fibers type II — fast twitch muscle f s … Medical dictionary
muscle fibers white — fast twitch muscle f s … Medical dictionary
Twitch — may refer to:* Muscle twitch, a muscle contraction ** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction ** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle contractions **Myokymia, an continuous, involuntary muscle twitch that … Wikipedia
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
twitch´ing|ly — twitch «twihch», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. 1. to move with a quick jerk: »The child s mouth twitched as if she were about to cry. 2. to pull with a sudden tug or jerk; pull (at): »She twitched the curtain aside. –n. 1. a slight, involuntary… … Useful english dictionary
