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Tetanic
Tetanic Te*tan"ic, n. (Physiol. & Med.)
A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine)
which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the
spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large
quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.
Meaning of Tetanic from wikipedia
- A
tetanic contraction (also
called tetanized state, tet****, or
physiologic tet****, the
latter to
differentiate from the
disease called tet****) is a...
- In neurobiology, a
tetanic stimulation consists of a high-frequency
sequence of
individual stimulations of a neuron.[citation needed] It is ****ociated...
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Tetany or
tetanic seizure is a
medical sign
consisting of the
involuntary contraction of muscles,
which may be
caused by
disorders that
increase the action...
-
Tetanic fade
refers to the
diminishing muscle twitch response from an
evoked potential stimulation of
muscle under the
effect of
either a non-depolarizing...
- Post-
tetanic potentiation (PTP) is a form of
synaptic plasticity which is short-lived and
results in
increased frequency of
miniature excitatory postsynaptic...
- A
generalized tonic–clonic seizure,
commonly known as a
grand mal
seizure or GTCS, is a type of
generalized seizure that
produces bilateral, convulsive...
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junction and
twitches can
become superimposed as a
result of
summation or a
tetanic contraction.
Individual twitches can
become indistinguishable, and tension...
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thermally dependent (Q10 of 2.0-2.5),
whereas maximum contraction, e.g.,
tetanic contraction, is
thermally independent.
Muscles of some
ectothermic species...
- ritual.
Myoclonus Generalized tonic–clonic
seizure Stretch reflex Tetany Tetanic contractions Hilder,
Joseph M.; Zev W.
Rymer (September 1999). "A Stimulation...
- cases,
diarrhea is very severe, and at
times the
convulsions are
markedly tetanic. The main
toxin in the
plant is cytisine, a
nicotinic receptor agonist...
