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Descriptor English: Muscle Relaxation
Descriptor Spanish: Relajación Muscular
Descriptor relajación muscular
Scope note: Fase del espasmo muscular durante la cual el músculo vuelve a la posición de reposo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Relaxamento Muscular
Descriptor French: Relâchement musculaire
Entry term(s): Muscle Relaxations
Relaxation, Muscle
Relaxations, Muscle
Tree number(s): G11.427.494.554
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009126
Scope note: That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position.
Annotation: do not use as coord for relaxation of cardiac muscle ( = MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION)
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Muscle Contraction (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under MUSCLE CONTRACTION 1977-90
History Note: 91(77); was see under MUSCLE CONTRACTION 1977-90
DeCS ID: 9316
Unique ID: D009126
NLM Classification: WE 504
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/27
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Muscle Relaxation - Preferred
Concept UI M0014241
Scope note That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position.
Preferred term Muscle Relaxation
Entry term(s) Muscle Relaxations
Relaxation, Muscle
Relaxations, Muscle



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