单词 | wave of stimulation |
释义 | > as lemmaswave of stimulation d. Phys. wave of contraction, the onward contraction of a muscle from the point where the stimulus is applied. wave of stimulation, the (hypothetical) impulse of molecular vibration travelling along a nerve from the point at which it is stimulated. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > muscular movement > wave of contraction wave of contraction1851 the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [noun] > nerve impulse vibration1728 nerve current1859 nerve impulse1870 summation1872 message1884 wave of stimulation1885 pattern1930 1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 214 Successive contractions and relaxations may be produced..by a single prick with a scalpel; a sort of wave of contraction being transmitted in the direction of its length. 1885 G. J. Romanes Jelly-fish i. 25 A stimulus applied to a nerveless muscle..giving rise to a visible wave of contraction, which spreads in all directions. 1885 G. J. Romanes Jelly-fish i. 25 I shall always speak of muscle-fibres as conveying a visible wave of contraction, and of nerve-fibres as conveying an invisible, or molecular, wave of stimulation. < as lemmas |
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