The contractile wings of an insect. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Muscles are highly elastic as well as contractile. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Think of actin and myosin, the contractile proteins. From Wordnik.com. [An Amazing Design Material] Reference
Control contractile response were obtained for acetylcholine. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The contractile motions of the pectoral muscle, E, of the male body. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Can contractile histological elements be demonstrated in their walls?. From Wordnik.com. [August Krogh - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Protists use contractile vacuoles to remove excess water from their cells. From Wordnik.com. [Protozoa] Reference
His particular difficulty was the elastic lining of the contractile balloon. From Wordnik.com. [Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells] Reference
The membrane which surrounds the contractile substance of a striped muscular fiber. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
If the contractile function of a cell is compromised, the cell swells until it ruptures. From Wordnik.com. [Protozoa] Reference
He took hints from the contractile bladders of fish and the pneumatic cavities of birds. From Wordnik.com. [Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells] Reference
He also found that capillaries can vary in diameter and are thus independently contractile. From Wordnik.com. [Schack August Steenberg Krogh - A Versatile Genius] Reference
When myosin is activated, the contractile filaments slide apart and the muscle cell relaxes. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine for 1998 - Animation] Reference
Painting the borders of the inflamed patch with contractile collodion may prevent its spreading. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
Regiments of soldiers, that performed neat, but limited evolutions on cross-jointed contractile battle-fields. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
The breaking down or decomposition of this contractile substance in the muscle, sets free its potential energy. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
He puts his vegetable leg through many of the movements which would seem to demand the contractile animal fibre. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
A woman may be delivered of a child unconsciously, for the contractile power of the womb is independent of volition. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
The same will also happen to a marine protozoan when placed in freshwater; marine members have no contractile vacuoles. From Wordnik.com. [Protozoa] Reference
It makes a similar contractile movement in windy and boisterous weather, obviously with the object of tightening its hold. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
I must also content myself with the utmost brevity concerning the demonstration of the histology of the contractile elements. From Wordnik.com. [August Krogh - Nobel Lecture] Reference
It has by no means lost its contractile power, for if we apply a strong electric stimulus to it, the fatigue seems to disappear. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The blood must contain a substance which acts on the contractile elements in the capillary walls, and stimulates them to contract. From Wordnik.com. [August Krogh - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Cyclic GMP starts a cascade reaction that activates myosin, an important component of the contractile apparatus in the muscle cell. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine for 1998 - Animation] Reference
When they are told to initiate contractile work, they quickly mobilize their glycogen deposits, converting them to the glucose fuel. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1992 - Press Release] Reference
In man at the critical moment a spasm passes through the whole body and similarly in the plant I find a great contractile spasm takes place. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
In man, at the critical moment, a spasm passes through the whole body, and similarly in the plant, I find that a great contractile spasm takes place. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
In man at the critical moment, a spasm passed through the whole body, and similarly in the plant the lecturer had discovered that a great contractile spasm took place. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
During life they are also contractile, being provided with muscular tissue. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
These stem cells may form contractile muscle in the scar tissue of damaged hearts. From Wordnik.com. [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference
Traction as represented by the contractile moment T relative to the unstretched baseline value T. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
On the other hand, RhoA promotes the contraction of actin stress fibers to generate contractile forces. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
TITLE: Prostacyclin primes pregnant human myometrium for an enhanced contractile response in parturition. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
The conjunctiva was insensible and there was no contractile response of the pupil to the light of a candle. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Answer: D QUESTION: 3 In the organization of skeletal muscle, the muscle cell contains the contractile proteins. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Metallothionein deficiency leads to soleus muscle contractile dysfunction following acute spinal cord injury in mice. From Wordnik.com. [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference
Co-administration of dexamethasone with vitamins in the present study promoted recovery of the femoral contractile response to potassium. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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