contractile
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"We aimed to clarify the association of phase angle obtained from the leg using BIA with voluntary muscle strength, twitch contractile properties, and neuromuscular activity," says Assistant Prof. Hirata.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
The findings revealed that the leg phase angle could estimate muscle contractile properties.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
Furthermore, declaring a single, electrically active and contractile organ, or the contractile cells it comes from, the stand-alone determinant of personhood is simply not valid.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 23, 2023
Muscle is contractile tissue and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The walls of the veins are thinner than those of the arteries; they contain much less elastic and muscular tissue, and are, therefore, more flaccid and less contractile.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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