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tissues that help bones move

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Q: A painful contraction of a muscle?
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Another word for a painful contraction of a muscle?

A painful contraction of a muscle is a cramp or charley horse.


Another word for a painful contraction of a mucle?

A painful muscle contraction is a cramp.


When a muscle contracts and will not relax?

Such a painful muscle contraction is commonly known as cramp.


What is a painful contraction of a muscle called?

Often it is called a cramp.


What is a sudden painful involuntary contraction of a muscle called?

A spasm.sedimentarySpasm


What is the medical term meaning life-threatening disease with painful uncontrolled contraction of skeletal muscle?

Tetanus is a life-threatening disease with uncontrolled contraction of skeletal muscle (a sign known as tetany).


Explain a muscle spasm in terms of recruitment of muscle fibers?

A muscle spasm is the spontaneous recruitment of muscle fibers. The resulting contraction is usually painful, but it typically resolves very quickly.


Is the calf involuntary?

The correct spelling is "cramp" and not "calf". The cramp is the involuntary contraction of the muscle and is usually very painful.


What is muscle contraction without muscle shortening is what kind of contraction?

Isometric contraction


Constant contraction of a muscle is?

constant contraction of a muscle is called the muscle tone


A muscular contraction that causes a muscle to shorten as it develops tension is called?

A cramp is a sudden over-shortening of a muscle. Cramps are involuntary and, often, severe. They can be extremely painful.


What is a concentric contraction?

concentric contraction is atype of muscle contraction which the muscle shortens while genrating aforce The muscle shortens to produce movement. A muscle contraction in which shortening occurs.