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Descriptor English: Muscle Contraction
Descriptor Spanish: Contracción Muscular
Descriptor contracción muscular
Entry term(s) inotropismo
Scope note: Proceso que lleva a un acortamiento y/o desarrollo de tensión en el tejido muscular. Se produce la contracción muscular por un mecanismo de filamento deslizante en el que los filamentos de actina se deslizan hacia adentro entre los filamentos de miosina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Contração Muscular
Descriptor French: Contraction musculaire
Entry term(s): Contraction du muscle
Inotropisme
Tree number(s): G11.427.494
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009119
Scope note: A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments.
Annotation: do not use for HEART or MYOCARDIUM ( = MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION) or UTERUS ( = UTERINE CONTRACTION)
Allowable Qualifiers: DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
ES éthique
GE génétique
IM immunologie
PH physiologie
RE effets des radiations
Related: Fatigue musculaire MeSH
Force musculaire MeSH
Relâchement musculaire MeSH
DeCS ID: 9309
Unique ID: D009119
NLM Classification: WE 504
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Contraction musculaire - Preferred
Concept UI M0014232
Preferred term Contraction musculaire
Entry term(s) Contraction du muscle
Inotropisme - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0449385
Preferred term Inotropisme



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