muscle contraction

Preferred Label : muscle contraction;

MeSH definition : A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments.;

MeSH synonym : contractions, muscle; contraction, muscle; contraction, muscular; muscle contractions; muscular contraction; contractions, muscular; muscular contractions;

Related MeSH term : inotropism; Inotropisms;

MeSH annotation : do not use for HEART or MYOCARDIUM ( MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION) or UTERUS ( UTERINE CONTRACTION);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle contraction;

Details

Origin ID

D009119;

UMLS CUI

C0026820;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Fasciculation [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Inotropic Agent [NCIt concept]
- Muscle contraction [PASCAL theme]
- Twitches [MedDRA LLT]
- muscle contraction [GO term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Muscle Contraction [NCIt concept]
- Muscle contraction, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- muscle contraction [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- Mas-MIP III protein, manduca sexta [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Mas-MIP V protein, manduca sexta [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- locustamyoinhibiting peptide, locusta migratoria [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- neomyosuppressin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- wy 17186 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- inotropism [MeSH concept]
- muscle contraction [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- crisponi syndrome [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also
- muscle fatigue [MeSH Descriptor]
- muscle relaxation [MeSH Descriptor]
- muscle strength [MeSH Descriptor]
- myofibrils [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- muscles [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Physiologic Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Muscle Contraction [NCIt concept]
- Muscle contraction, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- muscle contraction [SNOMED Notion]
- muscle contraction [GO term]
- obsolete muscle motor activity [GO term]

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