reciprocal innervation — n innervation so that the contraction of a muscle or set of muscles (as of a joint) is accompanied by the simultaneous inhibition of an antagonistic muscle or set of muscles * * * the innervation of muscles around the joints, where the motor… … Medical dictionary
Sherrington's law of reciprocal innervation — Sherrington s law of reciprocal innervation, also called Sherrington s law II explains how a muscle will relax when its opposite muscle (e.g., bicep/tricep) is activated. René Descartes had hypothesized as much in 1626. Fact|date=May 2008ee… … Wikipedia
reciprocal inhibition — n 1) RECIPROCAL INNERVATION 2) behavior modification in which the patient is exposed to anxiety producing stimuli while in a controlled state of relaxation so that the anxiety response is gradually inhibited * * * the inhibition of one group of… … Medical dictionary
law of reciprocal innervation — Sherrington s l. (def. 2) … Medical dictionary
innervation — The supply of nerve fibers functionally connected with a part. [L. in, in, + nervus, nerve] reciprocal i. contraction in a muscle is accompanied by a loss of tone or by relaxation in the antagonistic muscle. SYN: reciprocal inhibition (1). * * *… … Medical dictionary
Hering's law of equal innervation — is used to explain the conjugacy of eye movements (saccades) in stereoptic animals. The law proposes that conjugacy of saccades is due to innate connections in which the eye muscles responsible for each eye s movements are innervated equally. The … Wikipedia
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… … Universalium
Charles Scott Sherrington — Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Born 27 November 1857(1857 11 27) Islington … Wikipedia
Active stretching — eliminates force and its adverse effects from stretching procedures.Before describing the principles on which active stretching is based, the terms agonist and antagonist must be clarified. Agonist refers to actively contracting muscle or muscles … Wikipedia
