A spasm.
sedimentary
Spasm
Convulsions
smooth muscle
involuntary muscle movements
Contraction.
Concentric isometric contraction
- Skeletal muscle / voluntary (ex.: Brachialis muscle) - Smooth muscle / involuntary (ex.: The three layers of muscles around the stomach) - Cardiac muscle / involuntary (i.e. the myocardium)
The correct spelling is "cramp" and not "calf". The cramp is the involuntary contraction of the muscle and is usually very painful.
An involuntary muscle contraction is called a spasm.
It is called a Tracheospasm
A cramp is a sudden over-shortening of a muscle. Cramps are involuntary and, often, severe. They can be extremely painful.
Often it is called a cramp.
A painful contraction of a muscle is a cramp or charley horse.
A painful muscle contraction is a cramp.
The skeletal muscles do have the involuntary muscle because they help it in the contraction process.
A muscle twitch is an involuntary contraction of a muscle group without conscious effort.
It is called involuntary muscle or smooth muscle.
-spasm means involuntary muscle contraction, so blepharospasm, for instance, is involuntary contraction of the eyelid.
Peristalsis