regular muscle prism
regular muscle prism is the alternative form of regular muscle-prism.
Meaning of regular muscle-prism
Noun
regular muscle-prism (plural regular muscle-prisms)
- A simplified, geometric block representing a bundle of parallel muscle fibers; an old teaching model used for explaining tension, cross-sections, and electrical properties of muscle.
- Taking a regularly shaped muscle in which the fibres are parallel, we will cut out a part of this by making two even cuts at right angles to the direction of the fibres. A piece of this sort may be called a regular muscle-prism. It is, according to the shape of the muscle used, either circular or...1881, Rosenthal, Isidor, chapter XI, in General Physiology of Muscles and Nerves, page 189
Forms of regular muscle prism
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Questions about regular muscle prism
- What is regular muscle prism the alternative form of?
- Regular muscle prism is the alternative form of regular muscle-prism.
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