| Descriptor English: | Muscle Tonus | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Tono Muscular
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Tono Muscular | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Tonus musculaire | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Muscle Tension Muscle Tightness Muscular Tension Tension, Muscle Tension, Muscular Tightness, Muscle Tonus, Muscle |
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| Tree number(s): |
G11.427.565 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009129 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The state of activity or tension of a muscle beyond that related to its physical properties, that is, its active resistance to stretch. In skeletal muscle, tonus is dependent upon efferent innervation. (Stedman, 25th ed) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
DE drug effects ES ethics GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Muscle Contraction (1966-1969) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 72; for MUSCLE TENSION see MUSCLE CONTRACTION 1998-2006 |
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| History Note: | 72(70) |
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| Related: |
Dystonia
MeSH Muscle Hypertonia MeSH Muscle Hypotonia MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 9323 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D009129 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WE 504 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1972/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2008/07/08 |
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Muscle Tonus
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0014244 |
| Scope note | The state of activity or tension of a muscle beyond that related to its physical properties, that is, its active resistance to stretch. In skeletal muscle, tonus is dependent upon efferent innervation. (Stedman, 25th ed) |
| Preferred term | Muscle Tonus |
| Entry term(s) |
Muscle Tension Muscle Tightness Muscular Tension Tension, Muscle Tension, Muscular Tightness, Muscle Tonus, Muscle |
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