Muscle-prism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Ellipsis of regular muscle-prism. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"When the muscle is at rest the contents of the muscle prism will be in equilibrium with the surrounding sarcoplasm ... pressure in the muscle prism rises and causes a bulging of its lateral wall and a shortening of the whole element."
Example
More examples"When the muscle is at rest the contents of the muscle prism will be in equilibrium with the surrounding sarcoplasm ... pressure in the muscle prism rises and causes a bulging of its lateral wall and a shortening of the whole element."
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