When the muscles are put into action, what is termed their contractility is called into play -- that is, the force which was dormant before is roused into activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference

When the muscles are put into action, what is termed their contractility is called into play — that is, the force which was dormant before is roused into activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Living in Australia] Reference

Of muscular tissue, contractility and irritability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference

Galvanism was tried without the patient showing any contractility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference

The property of contractility enables the muscles to produce motion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference

Neurohumoral, cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating airway contractility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Research: cystic fibrosis, asthma, airways] Reference

The cell substance is irritable, and is endowed with the power of contractility.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity] Reference

It diminishes or abolishes muscular contractility respectively when applied through the circulation or directly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885] Reference

In the long period of time which elapsed after Malpighi saw blood flowing in the capillaries, did no one observe their contractility?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology or Medicine 1920 - Presentation Speech] Reference

You know, what happens is our skin -- we lose elasticity in our skin and the way Botox works: It decreases contractility of the muscles.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2005] Reference

Their expansion is a passive state, and depends on the pressure of the blood within them; but their vital contractility is an active property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference

And, so far as the conditions of the manifestation of the phaenomena of contractility have yet been studied, they are the same for the plant as for the animal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autobiography and Selected Essays] Reference

The contractility of the muscles gradually but slowly improved, but neither the atrophy nor temperature of the limb appeared visibly affected by the treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Electric Bath] Reference

The changes were those of altered relaxation characteristics and a decreased contractility all of which, along with the elevated troponins returned to normal in 48 hours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

Diminished cardiac output and decreased contractility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes] Reference

Other assays determined that sceptrin limits motility by reducing cell contractility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Abana improves the contractility of the heart by exerting a positive inotropic action.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wii-volution]

In such vessels the contractility is destroyed, the middle coat atrophied and beyond repair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

By contrast, summated myofilament deactivators are predicted to hasten relaxation and alter contractility.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Skeletal muscle contractility is driven by the sarcomere, the fundamental unit of skeletal muscle contraction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]

Furthermore, early changes in cytoskeletal contractility predicted later stem cell fate decisions in single cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

This will dramatically improve performance, contractility, strength, power output and total work your muscles are able to perform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wil's Ebay E-Store] Reference

We demonstrated that micropost rigidity impacts cell morphology, focal adhesions, cytoskeletal contractility and stem cell differentiation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

In pre-clinical models of heart failure, CXL-1020 improves cardiovascular performance by enhancing the contractility (inotropy) and relaxation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Furthermore, early changes in cytoskeletal contractility measured by the devices predicted lineage fate decisions made days later by the stem cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

The posters summarized non-clinical findings arising from Cytokinetics 'skeletal and smooth muscle contractility programs, and non-clinical research in oncology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]

Polished cereals, white bread, eggs and other food stuffs which do not contain fiber, tend to reduce the contractility of gastrointestinal tract and may cause constipation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Schwartz JL, Mealing GA (1993) Calcium-ion movement and contractility in atrial strips of frog heart are not affected by low-frequency-modulated, 1 GHz electromagnetic radiation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference