| 单词 | muscular contraction |
| 例句 | The male fertilizes the eggs and carries them for nine to 45 days, after which he expels the baby sea horses with muscular contractions. Ever wondered about animal dads? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Best of all, he instructs one to “engage in brief muscular contraction throughout the binge.” Books of The Times: New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life 2011-01-06T18:00:07Z During his team’s return to Anaheim, he pitched only four innings because of another muscular contraction, this one on the middle finger of his pitching hand. Hernández: Shohei Ohtani is human, but the Angels need him to keep playing despite exhaustion 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Labor is the muscular contractions to expel the fetus and placenta from the uterus. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Frequent colon cleansing via irrigation or laxative use can disrupt the coordinated muscular contractions that move stool through the colon, sometimes leading to issues with constipation, she said. The wild world inside your gut 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z At 10 to 20 mA and above, the current can stimulate sustained muscular contractions much as regular nerve impulses do. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The posterior pituitary continuously produces oxytocin, which is sufficient for muscular contraction in the uterus, thereby causing the birth of the baby. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Once inside, the muscular contractions and beating cilia move the oocyte slowly toward the uterus. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z To initiate a movement, impulses from the motor cortex instruct the spinal cord neurons to produce muscular contraction. How the Brain ‘Constructs’ the Outside World 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z This causes a seizure inside the brain, but because of the anesthesia, the patient does not experience muscular contractions. ECT Can Be a Good Treatment Option for Serious Depression 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The prosthetic Hero Arm uses myoelectric sensors which detect underlying muscular contractions generated from specific muscle groups in the arm. Bionic arm answers trainee vicar's prayers 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z As muscular contractions increase, more oxytocin is released from the pituitary, leading to more contractions. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The heart is regulated by both neural and endocrine control, yet it is capable of initiating its own action potential followed by muscular contraction. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z For instance, there might be repeated muscular contractions in the ear, Lim says. Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z The process appears to involve particular bundles of neurons and nerve fibers that carry commands from the brain’s motor cortex, which controls muscular contractions, to the spinal cord and, from there, to the muscles. How We Get Stronger 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In theory, exercise should help to combat this problem, since it entails muscular contractions. The 4-Second Workout 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Alternating waves of muscular contraction facilitate movement of food. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The electrical event, the wave of depolarization, is the trigger for muscular contraction. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Finally, to determine what this approach to resting might mean for legs and muscles, the scientists asked several tribespeople to sit, walk and squat while wearing sensors that chart muscular contractions. Sitting Is Bad for Our Health. Should We Squat More Instead? 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Then, they compared the growth of guts before and after the beginning of strong muscular contractions, which in chickens start sometime after a week of gestation. The Twitch That Helps Your Intestines Grow 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z This in turn might interrupt the muscular contraction. A home remedy treats hiccups. But how? 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z For example, earthworms move by waves of muscular contractions of the skeletal muscle of the body wall hydrostatic skeleton, called peristalsis, which alternately shorten and lengthen the body. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Dispersed in a powder, Novichok nerve agents blocked the breakdown of a neurotransmitter controlling muscular contractions, leading to respiratory and cardiac arrest, Mr. Mirzayanov told investigators at the time. Britain Blames Russia for Nerve Agent Attack on Former Spy 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z “The muscular contractions associated with fidgeting are really quite small,” he said, “but it appears that they are sufficient” to combat some of the unhealthy consequences of sitting. Why Fidgeting Is Good Medicine 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The researchers halted the growth of some older guts by adding a drug that inhibits muscular contractions, and also by slicing the tubes open, which stopped the circular squeezing motion. The Twitch That Helps Your Intestines Grow 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Hypnosis has been shown to reduce symptoms such as gastrointestinal sensitivity, the strength of muscular contractions in the gut and gastric-acid secretion in people with IBS. Q&A: Peter Whorwell : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z When the right-handed patient tried to solve a Sudoku puzzle, he experienced quick muscular contractions—clonic seizures—of his left arm. How Sudoku Caused This Man's Seizures 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z It involves hundreds if not thousands of muscular contractions and is an excellent way to improve cardiovascular fitness and other aspects of health. Ask Well: When Sitting Can Be Good for You 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z We also know that those who are more physically active, even if that activity is mere fidgeting, produce more heat through muscular contraction and thereby prefer cooler temperatures. How We Sense the Heat of Chili Peppers and the Cool of Menthol [Excerpt] 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Finally, the researchers upped the levels of the substances until they were similar to what is seen during all-out, exhausting muscular contractions. Well: The Limits of ‘No Pain, No Gain’ 2014-04-23T04:03:50Z In this theory, irisin originally was created by the muscular contractions occurring during shivering and exercise increases irisin production not because it’s exercise, but because it is basically an exaggerated form of shivering. Well: Shivering as a Form of Exercise 2014-02-05T05:01:39Z In like manner, we may experience auditive sensations, such as blowing, rubbing and hissing sounds, due to muscular contraction or to the passage of blood in vessels close to the auditory organ. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The arms have only made an insignificant movement, and one can say that the muscular contraction is almost the only physiological phenomenon observable. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Premature fatigue is usually caused by undue muscular contraction. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z A very notable phenomenon is the occurrence of muscular contraction after death. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z If there is neuritis from the virus it becomes intense and causes muscular contractions, paresis, and paralysis. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Starting from the fact that feeling tends to discharge itself in muscular contractions, including those of the vocal organs, he sought to show that music is a development of the natural language of the emotions. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z The tongue is remarkable for its great length, measuring about 17 in. in the dead animal, and for its great elasticity and power of muscular contraction while living. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Caffeine reduces adenosine levels, “which then enables more forceful muscular contractions and delays fatigue,” Dr. Duncan says. Well Blog: Phys Ed: How Caffeine Can Galvanize Your Workout 2011-12-14T05:01:42Z These muscular contractions succeed one another in a regular order, beginning in one lower extremity and extending to the other, then to the upper limbs, and finally to the face. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The motive power which results from muscular contraction. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z No one then knew exactly how the stomach digested food: Some argued that it was ground by muscular contractions, others that it rotted as it might in the open air. Books: ?Open Wound? Book Review - Doctor and Patient, Bound Together 2011-11-28T19:51:45Z A quick muscular contraction told that The Phantom had found his sensitive spot. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z During chills the systolic may rise to great height due to the violent muscular contractions. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z The region of the deltoid insertion is comparatively free from the irritation of muscular contraction, and it is easily accessible. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z If I die, the muscular contraction that always accompanies sudden and violent death would be very likely to snap the trigger. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z I will read what Dr. Paley says of muscular contraction; it will make it clearer than any explanation of mine. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Volta, while admitting, with Galvani, that the muscular contractions were caused by electricity, explained the origin of the electricity in a wholly different way. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z It can be noted by anyone that perhaps not one in a thousand of our muscular contractions or of our decided actions is consciously dictated by our will. Subconscious Religion 2011-08-22T02:00:58.937Z Within two minutes of his ceasing to breathe muscular contractions began, becoming more and more numerous. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z He dashed down, leaped in—as it happened the water was very shallow—and seized it as it splashed a little from mere muscular contraction. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Slight muscular contractions produce violent and startling effects. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z This is unfortunate, for it obstructs the return circulation through the tense muscles, for the venous circulation was intended to be helped by muscular contraction. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z It is also applied to a particular hypnotic condition, marked by muscular contraction, but with consciousness and power of remembrance left. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Instead of the food furnishing the muscle with heat energy, it supplies electrical energy, which, after being converted into mechanical energy, is responsible for all the muscular contractions and organic processes of living organisms. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The eyebrows, ridges of thickened integument and muscle, situated on the upper circumference of the orbit and covered with short hairs, also regulate to some extent the admission of light by muscular contraction. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Low-frequency intermittent currents from induction coils are frequently used where nerve stimulation or muscular contractions are required. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The muscles are weakened, but so far no satisfactory study has been made of the influence of microbial poisons on muscular contraction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The muscular contractions were greater in proportion than the intensity of the lightning and the proximity of the storm. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z In one experiment I put a jelly-fish in contact with a solution of electrically charged substances, and it immediately responded by muscular contraction. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Static electricity is also utilized for medical purposes by means of “sparks,” which are administered with a ball electrode, the result being a sudden muscular contraction at the point of application. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Very high-frequency alternating currents may be passed through the body without producing the muscular contractions which are a feature of the passage of low-frequency currents through the tissues. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z How strangely these subtle muscular contractions correspond with the dominant moral action of the moment! Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z The muscular contractions could even be noticed despite the fact that the nerves were separated somewhat from their conductor, especially whenever the lightning was violent. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z Scientists believe the changes are caused by a lack of muscular contractions. Phys Ed: The Men Who Stare at Screens 2010-07-14T04:01:00Z The step which we do not as yet fully understand is the physical phenomenon which intervenes between the disengagement of chemical energy and the occurrence of muscular contraction. The Mechanism of Life The intensity of the sound may be varied in proportion to the force of the muscular contractions, and this will render the apparent source of the ‘rappings’ more or less distinct.” The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters Mr. Polly's features were strictly utilitarian—it was his boast that by a peculiar muscular contraction he could waggle his ears with fidelity to asinine effect. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole He noted, moreover, that for the production of muscular contractions the absolute appearance of lightning was not indispensable. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z “Even then the muscular contraction of his claws might have given you fits; but he made a bad shot—only hit you with his shoulder and knocked you flying.” Harley Greenoak's Charge There is a vast physiological difference between muscular contraction with the production of positive work, and muscular contraction without the production of work, or with negative work. The Mechanism of Life Experiments have shown that pain, fear, worry, and other unpleasant emotions actually stop the action of the digestive juices and check muscular contractions of the small intestine. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick In one instance, at an exhibition in this country, it was necessary to cut the snake away piecemeal with a butcher's knife before the terrible muscular contraction of its body was relaxed. The Pearl of India Peculiar muscular contractions have been observed to take place after death, so that the position of the limbs may become altered. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Let the tendon become taut in muscular contraction, and the fine branches of the sensory axon will be squeezed and so stimulated. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Every letter requires for its utterance at least one distinct muscular contraction. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education I know now that mere muscular contraction was accountable for this, and not, as it seemed, sudden terror or pain. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography The velocity of the muscular contraction depends on the will. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The cow remains quiet and the general muscular contraction gives her a rigid appearance. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle It has much to do with maintaining the equilibrium of the body, and probably also with maintaining the steadiness and general efficiency of muscular contraction. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life MacCurdy has suggested tentatively that the epileptic convulsion may be secondary to a very sudden loss of consciousness which removes a normal inhibition on the muscles, liberating the muscular contractions which constitute the convulsion. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type A swift, writhing arm wrapped crushingly about the cabin as the message ceased. horpe seized his rifle and fired into the gray mass that bulged with terrible muscular contractions through the window. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 On what is the velocity of muscular contraction dependent? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) It was so little of a stirring that she thought her eyes must have deceived her when it stirred again—a restless toss, like a muscular contraction in sleep. The Dust Flower Each muscular contraction is a response to an electric stimulus, but the force of the contraction is determined in part by the internal state of the muscle. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The extension should be continued until pain, tenderness, and muscular contraction have disappeared, and the limb has been brought into the desired attitude. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. It is experienced simultaneously with the occurrence of the rhythmical muscular contractions which have previously been described. The Sexual Life of the Child Exhaustion is the inevitable result of continued muscular contraction. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The abdominal muscular contraction is also, in turn, more vigorous and extensive, and thus the motion is returned from below. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes The white man gave a short laugh when he realized that the raising of the leg had been only a muscular contraction. 'Me--Smith' Rigidity from muscular contraction occurs late, and is rarely complete. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. At this juncture a cry would almost surely bring that tiny, muscular contraction which might be fatal. Shoe-Bar Stratton Vigorous and controllable muscular contraction requires a sound and well-developed brain. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Some medicines have the power of inverting the order of the muscular contractions. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes “Only for a moment, and even that scarcely to be called life—mere muscular contraction, my dear sir, mere muscular contraction.” A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Traumatic fractures are usually the result of a severe force acting from without, although sometimes they are produced by muscular contraction. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. When too strong a faradic current however is incautiously administered, the resulting muscular contractions are accompanied by an amount of local pain proportioned to the violence of the contractions. The Electric Bath The tottering step, trembling hand, and shaking head of the aged invalid, are the results of diminished nervous energy, so that steady muscular contraction, so essential to regular movements, cannot be maintained. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) A secure grip of the reins should be maintained, with as little stiffness as possible, because stiffness implies continued muscular contraction, and consequent defective manipulation from fatigue. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. The banker was an old man and excessively thin, he held himself with English stiffness; a muscular contraction affected his upper lip. The Son of Monte-Cristo The main obstacles to reduction being muscular contraction and the entanglement of the head with tendons, ligaments, or bony points, appropriate means must be taken to counteract each of these factors. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. I refer to the mechanical counter-action of a sluggish circulation, through the agency of prolonged muscular contraction. The Electric Bath What is said of the rapidity of muscular contractions in other animals? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) What is popularly known as “grip,” is effected by continued muscular contraction, which speedily gives rise to fatigue, and consequently can be kept up for only a comparatively short time. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. He bestowed no caresses upon it, and shed no tears, though now and then there was to be seen a muscular contraction of his throat. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim The tuberosities may be implicated in other fractures in this region and in dislocation of the shoulder; and either of them may be separated by muscular contraction or by direct violence. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Bodily actions are muscular contractions, which are slowly co-ordinated by habit—association, of course, acting at every stage of the process. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill The change through which the food passes in the stomach by its muscular contraction, and the secretion from the gastric glands; this is called chymification. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Of course his first thoughts will be towards the shore, but he must not forget, that the cramp being only a muscular contraction, may be thrown off by proper muscular exertion. The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering Just then Goriot's eyelids unclosed; it was only a muscular contraction, but the Countess's sudden start of reviving hope was no less dreadful than the dying eyes. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I The muscles were shown to be stores of mechanical energy, potential until unlocked by the nerves, and then resulting in muscular contractions. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Now, it is a plain fact that muscular contractions follow 'ideas.' The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Upon what does vigorous controllable muscular contraction depend? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) "Some muscular contractions," admitted Ward, "but not enough to throw off the heavy quilt which Symonds told me covered his body when he first approached Captain Lloyd." The Lost Despatch But the muscular contractions may not be strong enough to impart any sensation to the mother. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Whatever muscular contractions may be produced for the time, they are harmless, and need not be noticed. A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication We have a full account of the human mechanism, and can see that it is throughout worked by association, admitting the primary fact of experience that the idea causes the muscular contraction. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill He uses it in moving from place to place, but still standing is a fatiguing position, and one which can only be maintained for a limited time, and by the aid of muscular contraction. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin The involuntary muscular contractions cause no pain, and do not appear to produce much exhaustion of the affected muscles, although the jerking may be regular and persistent whenever the animal is in motion. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The smile lingered, but it had become merely a muscular contraction, like the smile on dead lips. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale This kind of breathing in which the muscular contraction of the diaphragm calls in operation atmospheric pressure, supplies the body, when tranquil, with nearly or quite enough air. The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs Action supposes a 'motive,' a 'volition,' and an 'external act' or muscular contraction. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill It is easy to see that this muscular contraction is what gives the beat its definiteness, its "bottom," while the relaxation is what gives the effect of continuity or flow. Essentials in Conducting Paralysis is a weakness or cessation of the muscular contraction by diminution of loss of the conducting power or stimulation of the motor nerves. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The disease is characterized by a series of painful muscular contractions which in the more severe and fatal form may become a continuous spasm, a type that is referred to in the first sentence. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Or I may be told that the consciousness of exerting power is a mere experience of muscular contraction, and the like. Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge In fact, our most pragmatic philosopher, William James, has gone so far as to declare that emotions are the after-echoes of muscular contractions. Preventable Diseases This closure is not effected by any muscular contraction, therefore it is not dependent on the strength of the muscular fibers of the false vocal cords. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The spasms or muscular contractions are rigid and persistent, yet mixed with occasional more intense contractions of convulsive violence. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse It is to be borne in mind that the child does not slip out by itself; it is the powerful muscular contractions of the uterus that push it out. Woman Her Sex and Love Life “I say, sir,” said the first man, “hadn’t I better cut his muscular contractions off with a haxe afore he clears the deck?” Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track The twitchings became more frequent and latterly were accompanied by somewhat severe muscular contractions in the upper extremity, while the loss of power in the lower extremity became more marked. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre His is the only method which even pretends to reduce the entire operation of correct tone-production to a set of defined muscular contractions. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Exciting, occasional, or "efficient" causes of fracture are in most instances external traumatisms, as violent contacts, collisions, falls, etc., or sudden muscular contractions. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse And when this was presently done, not altogether without difficulty due to muscular contraction, Dyer stood for some moments thoughtfully and somewhat doubtfully regarding the object by the light of the lanterns. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Whichever method be adopted, it must be carried out conscientiously, because 'feeble muscular contractions, without energy or sustained effort, produce no hygienic, medical, or orthopedic effect.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 The physiologists call a stimulus "dynamogenic" when it increases the muscular contractions of men to whom it is applied; but appeals can be dynamogenic morally as well as muscularly. Memories and Studies In one case the muscular contractions are actually performed; in the other the muscular adjustments are wholly or in part imaginary. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Reduction is also at times rendered impossible by the seat of the fracture itself, by its dimensions, alone, or by the resistance arising from muscular contraction. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The creature has no heart to beat like ours; one cannot take refuge from the mystery in a 'muscular contraction.' Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers By means of muscular contraction, then, the gullet-elevator carries the food into the stomach. A Handbook of Health These are effected solely by muscular contractions, and give rise to an increase in all the diameters of the thorax. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Of specific muscular contractions very little information is conveyed. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern In such case that is sufficient to overcome the muscular contraction and correct the overlapping or other malposition of the bones. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Man notices only the muscular contractions involved, thinks he can improve upon Nature, and invents absurdities like dumb-bells. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles The words and muscular contractions that belong together are less often confounded, and the physiological part of the process takes less time, but its duration is noticeably prolonged when the child is not quite well. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. A physiologic narrowing is present at this level, produced in part by muscular contraction, and mainly by the crowding of the adjacent viscera into the fixed and narrow upper thoracic aperture. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Each imperfect tone informs us clearly and definitely just where the wrong muscular contraction is located. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern A spasmodic, muscular contraction which sometimes interposes a difficulty may be easily overcome by subjecting the patient to general anesthesia, and need not, therefore, cause any loss of time. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse A nasal tone is always a cramped tone, due to impediment, tension, or muscular contraction, particularly in the nasopharynx. Resonance in Singing and Speaking When I pass from yā-yē to yoo, I am compelled to develop very strongly the muscular contraction of the lips, which are formed into a long projecting spout; and this movement cannot be sufficiently exaggerated. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Compare with the effect of muscular contraction upon the blood in the veins. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Perhaps wrong tension of the soft palate exerts an influence on the actions of the vocal cords; or it may be that the form of the nasal cavities is altered by the muscular contraction. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Falls, blows, or other external violence, or powerful muscular contractions during the use of the speculum, may be mentioned among the causes of this lesion. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The occurrence of ulceration of cartilage and of articular caries is attended with the clinical signs of fixation of the joint from involuntary muscular contraction, wasting of muscles, and starting pains. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. The muscular contraction described comprises the chief functions of the vocal organs, and is as necessary for singing as the breath is for the tone. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Give proofs of the change of potential into kinetic energy during muscular contraction. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools This is apparently accomplished by the rotation of the arytenoid cartilages; but the specific muscular contractions concerned in the rotation of the arytenoids have not been located. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern He was wholly unconscious of it, but his surprise and excitement were so great that his hand closed upon hers in a strong muscular contraction. The Tree of Appomattox The violent muscular contractions of epilepsy, tetanus, or delirium rarely cause rupture. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. If it is well pronounced, or sung, it produces the necessary muscular contractions with a pleasing expression of the mouth, and makes certain a fine tone color by its connection with oo and o. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Moreover, they are stimulated by all the forces that induce muscular contraction and by many others besides. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools The vocal cords are adjusted, by the appropriate muscular contractions, to move in response to the air pressure exerted against them. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern A sudden, violent, involuntary rigid contraction due to muscular contraction. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada We bring about any fact, other than our own muscular contractions, by means of some fact which experience has shown to be followed by it. Auguste Comte and Positivism When this happens the muscular contractions of the throat, tongue, and palate are very strong. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] A further aid to the circulation is found in the valves in the veins, which enable muscular contraction within the body, and variable pressure upon its surface, to drive the blood toward the heart. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Second, the vocal organs prepare to adjust themselves, by the appropriate muscular contractions, for the production of the tone mentally conceived. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The shivering produced by cold, implies irregular muscular contractions, which, though at first only partly involuntary, become, when the cold is extreme, almost wholly involuntary. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library In this case Dr. Merillat employed a weight to counteract muscular contraction. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 Sully defines a function as "a psychologically simple process," 3 and compares its elementariness to a muscular contraction as an element of a step in walking. The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste So, curtailing the muscular contraction indicative of his pleasure, the Infidel again took his place among the bed-quilts and the journey was resumed. Judith of the Plains Third, the fiat of will is issued, causing the muscular contractions to be performed. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Both of these actions can be increased by their exercise just as the strength of muscular contraction can be increased by exercise, and the facility for doing everything increased by habit. Disease and Its Causes Violent muscular contraction, it is said, may also bring about the same condition. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 Hunger is the sensation caused by the little muscular contractions in the stomach when the body is low in its food supply. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy There was absolute cessation of all natural respiratory efforts, complete unconsciousness, total abolition of reflex action and motion, and galvanism with the ordinary magneto-electric machine failed to induce muscular contractions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 But in every case the muscular contractions are performed without direct conscious guidance. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The muscular contraction passes immediately into rigor mortis, or death-stiffening, and the object remains grasped by the dead hand until the rigidity passes off. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman Showing shortening of bone, owing to a lateral approximation of the diaphysis because of muscular contraction. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 He has shown that to watch a colored disk when in motion produced stronger muscular contractions, as measured by the dynamometer, than to watch the same disk when motionless. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women It seemed that she was trying to arrest the front door by sheer force of muscular contraction. The Price of Love What is meant by saying that the muscular contractions are performed without conscious guidance? The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern First, by muscular tension, muscular contraction, muscular effort—the wrong way. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art Browning's act was like an involuntary muscular contraction, which he could not control. Robert Browning A little attention will show that this sense of effort accompanies every muscular contraction by which the limbs, or other parts of the body, are moved. Critiques and Addresses The purpose of muscular contraction is the production of motion. Composition-Rhetoric Does this mean that the singer is unconscious of the muscular contractions? The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Since during this discharge the muscle was caused to contract, Galvani concluded that the purpose of this animal electricity was to produce muscular contractions. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Sometimes he frightened her: his sunken expressionless face seemed that of a stranger; his voice was weak and hoarse; his thin-lipped smile a mere muscular contraction. The Greater Inclination The convulsive form begins with tingling of the extremities, drowsiness, and headache, followed by pain in the joints, violent muscular contractions, and death. Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Craven woke abruptly a few hours later with a spasmodic muscular contraction that jerked him into a sitting position. The Shadow of the East The precise nature of the muscular contractions of tone-production, whether correct or incorrect, is not known. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The hand that clasps anything, by slow and imperceptible degrees, loses muscular contraction, and the grip of the fingers becomes slacker. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Given a certain stimulus in the brain or nerve-centres, and certain corresponding muscular contractions follow: and this whether or not the stimulus be applied in a normal manner. Confessions and Criticisms He crucified his model, desirous, like a true artist, to observe and reproduce faithfully in marble the muscular contractions and facial agony of such a sufferer. Alone In a scientific sense the act of birth may be described as a series of muscular contractions which widen the birth-canal and expel the contents of the pregnant womb. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy This sensation indicates that the singer's throat is stiffened by excessive muscular contraction. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern In the anterior part of the medulla, pass the nerves for motor transmission, that is, nerve influences from above downwards that shall result in muscular contractions in some part of the body. A Practical Physiology By this method many investigations have been made of muscular contractions in isolated muscles. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Dr. Richardson made some interesting experiments to show the influence of alcohol upon muscular contraction. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics The most frequent cause for intervention during labor is insufficiency of the muscular contractions to overcome the resistance of the birth-canal. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy Far from this form of muscular contraction being a contradiction of psychological principles, it will be found on examination to be in perfect accord with well-established laws of physiological psychology. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Condiments increase the pleasure of eating, and by their stimulating properties promote secretions of the digestive fluids and excite the muscular contractions of the alimentary canal. A Practical Physiology The average member of a spiritualistic circle cannot prevent the thought in his brain taking on bodily expression to the extent of a muscular contraction stimulating the very sensitive tips of the fingers. Without Prejudice In other words, the action of the nerves which cause this muscular contraction is suspended. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Her colour went and came; her throat made the motion of swallowing; there was a muscular contraction over her whole body. The Old Wives' Tale Reflex actions are of several kinds; of these the simplest type, and the one most easily studied, is the muscular contraction due to the excitation of the sensory nerve endings located in the skin. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern A large amount of heat is thus lost to the body, sufficient to offset the addition caused by the muscular contractions. A Practical Physiology His violent muscular contractions infuriated the ants, and in an instant he was writhing in pain so horrible and so unendurable that he nearly fainted. The Rainbow Trail Addington's face was livid; a muscular contraction kept pulling his lips away from his white teeth; he had the look of a man who grins satanically at regular intervals. Angel Island Relax the muscular contraction; take a long, free breath of fresh air, and expansion follows as a matter of course. As a Matter of Course In one sense the excessive muscular contractions are involuntary; yet it would not be easy to define where the voluntary element of the contractions leaves off. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern This results from the force of the muscular contractions which play their part in pressing the blood in the veins onward towards the heart. A Practical Physiology Chyme is propelled through the large intestine by muscular contractions. How and When to Be Your Own Doctor He, too, had pulled himself together; this smile was not muscular contraction. Angel Island But when the truth is recognized, all this muscular contraction is easily explained. The Freedom of Life The cause of muscular stiffness now to be considered is the attempt to perform complex activities mechanically, that is, by consciously directing the individual component movements and muscular contractions involved in the actions. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern It is thus evident that inspiration is due to a series of muscular contractions. A Practical Physiology The blood is pumped through the body by the heart, but the lymphatic system, lacking a heart, requires muscular contractions to move from the extremities of the body to the central cavity. How and When to Be Your Own Doctor There is no need to watch; having once started in the right direction, if you drop useless muscular contraction every time you notice it, that is enough. Power Through Repose This was, of course, an abnormal case of spasmodic stammering, evidencing extraordinary muscular contractions of the worst type. Stammering, Its Cause and Cure All four of the types of involuntary muscular contraction just described may be combined in a single instance. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Expiration may then be regarded as the result of an elastic recoil, and not of active muscular contractions. A Practical Physiology Strychnin did not raise either pressure until the dose was sufficient to cause muscular contractions. Disturbances of the Heart By relaxing the muscular contractions invariably accompanying them we seem to make an open channel, and they slip through,—which expression I am well aware is not scientific. Power Through Repose The nervous functions are abolished instantly; the muscular contractions cease; and the animal uncoils like a broken spring. More Hunting Wasps The vocal organs are peculiarly subject to the forms of involuntary muscular contraction under consideration. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The constant nerve irritation causes muscular contraction, consequently circulation is interfered with, producing a condition of engorgement. The Royal Road to Health For example, Knight Dunlap contends that images are really muscular contractions,* and evidently regards our awareness of muscular contractions as not coming under the head of introspection. The Analysis of Mind Such exercise increases the sensitiveness to muscular contraction, and unnecessary muscular contraction, beside something to avoid in itself, obviously makes thought indirect. Power Through Repose Deprived of sensibility by the poison, they have lost the power of provoking muscular contractions; but who can say that, numbed as they are, they no longer serve to maintain a faint vitality? More Hunting Wasps This form of muscular contraction is in one sense not involuntary. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern It is a muscular contraction, and something more. The Common Law Gradually Carley's strain relaxed, and also the muscular contraction by which she had braced herself in the seat. The Call of the Canyon There are, in the animal economy, four modes of muscular action, of muscular contraction. A History of Science — Volume 4 Just then Goriot's eyelids unclosed; it was only a muscular contraction, but the Countess' sudden start of reviving hope was no less dreadful than the dying eyes. Father Goriot As the voice is voluntarily used, all the muscular contractions involved are voluntary. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern An act is always a voluntary muscular contraction, and nothing else. The Common Law As muscular action is always accompanied by heat production, the purpose of the muscular contraction and the shivering is quite certainly caused by cold to assist in the maintenance of the normal body temperature. Origin and Nature of Emotions An impulse travelling along a motor nerve had been supposed to be able to cause a muscular contraction and to do nothing else; yet here such an impulse had exactly the opposite effect. A History of Science — Volume 4 He then remembered that on the car he had been leaning on an iron bolt, and therefore what he had experienced was doubtless a spontaneous muscular contraction excited by the pressure. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 Needless to say, this form of muscular contraction is entirely involuntary; it even defies the most earnest attempts at prevention. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern In either case there is wanting the only element which distinguishes voluntary acts from spasmodic muscular contractions as a ground of liability. The Common Law Apparently, therefore, only those infections are painful which are associated with a protective muscular contraction. Origin and Nature of Emotions The first three modes of muscular action are known only by actual movements of muscular contractions. A History of Science — Volume 4 He still kept his teeth together, but severe muscular contractions attacked his body, strange twitchings and jerkings, till he was all a-quiver and writhing in silent torment. The Faith of Men Under normal conditions the vocal organs instinctively adjust themselves, by performing the necessary muscular contractions, to fulfill the demands of the ear. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern It is a willed, and therefore an intended coordination of muscular contractions. The Common Law Howard usually insisted that his pupils should understand the theoretical basis of his method, and the exact purpose of each exercise and muscular contraction. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The hand responds to the demands of the eye, immediately, without thought on the boy's part of nerve impulse or of muscular contraction. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern It is not necessary in every case to carry the analysis back to the simple muscular contractions out of which a course of conduct is made up. The Common Law |
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