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muscle contraction
process in which force is generated within muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical energy conversion step that is carried out by the actin/myosin complex activity
Details
- Instance of
- biological process
- Subclass of
- muscle system process
- anatomical location
- muscle tissue
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7
- has cause
- contractile proteins
- opposite of
- relaxation of muscle
- source of energy
- adenosine triphosphate
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