单词 | fasciculation |
释义 | fasciculationn. a. The state of being fasciculate. b. That which is fasciculated. c. Physiology. [ < fasciculus n.] Uncoordinated twitching of a muscle, esp. that involving the simultaneous contraction of whole bundles or fasciculi of muscle fibres. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > muscular movement porrection1649 abduction1657 cringing1728 antagonism1744 peristalsis1847 musculation1853 fibrillation1882 jerk1895 protraction1899 flexing1902 stretch reflex1916 fasciculation1938 sliding filament1957 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > tic or twitch spasm1477 vellication1665 subsultus1696 tic douloureux1800 tic1822 jerking1827 live blood1834 nervous tic1858 jactitation1861 habit spasm1888 myokymia1901 fasciculation1938 1938 Brain 61 321 This phenomenon, commonly called ‘fibrillation’, but more properly called ‘fasciculation’, may therefore represent the intermittent involuntary discharge of single nerve impulses by an abnormal motor neurone. 1938 Brain 61 322 In the few seconds following the movement fasciculation is more rapid in that particular unit. 1959 H. Grundfest in J. Field Handbk. Physiol.: Neurophysiol. I. v. 164/1 The disorganized contraction of muscles, frequently but incorrectly termed ‘fasciculation’, is due to the initial excitatory effect of the synaptic depolarization. 1963 Lancet 19 Jan. 130/1 With decamethonium muscle fasciculation was only slight, whereas with suxamethonium it was severe and long lasting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1938 |
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