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A spasm or twitching of a muscle or group of muscle is known as what?
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myoclonus (my/o means muscle, clon mean violent action and -us is a singular noun ending)
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A spasm or twitching of a muscle or group of muscles is called?
myoclonus
What is myospasm?
A myospasm is a muscle spasm - a sudden jerking or twitching caused by contraction of the muscles.
What does twitching mean?
to move spasmodically or convulsively; jerk; jump
Underneath your left eye has been twitching for a couple of days what is this?
It is a muscle spasm or "twitch" which is usually derived from stress or lack of sleep/over tired
What you call when a muscle contracts involuntarily?
cardiac and smooth
What is is a spasm of the smooth muscle of the ureter or bladder caused by a kidney stone?
Colic is the term for smooth muscle spasm. When found in the ureter, it's known as ureteral colic, and in the bladder, bladder colic.
What massage technique can help relieve muscle spasm?
The recommended way of relieving a muscle spasm is a muscle-energy technique called reciprocal inhibition. What you do is have the person with the spasm contract the antagonist muscle(s) related to the ones in spasm. Works like a charm.
What is loss of normal cervical lordosis consistent with muscle spasm?
What is loss of the normal cervical lordosis consistent with muscle spasm?
What is a sentence for spasm?
He ran so far his leg muscle went into a spasm.
What triggers a spasm?
a muscle spasm occurs when the muscles have been tense for a long period of time and then you make a sudden movement and it causes it to spasm. I have suffered with muscle spasm's in my back for about a year now due to a back injury and this is what my doctor has told me, it can be treated with diazapam to relax the muscle's.
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.
How do you spell spasim?
The word for an involuntary muscle movement is "spasm".
