- compound action potential
- see compound muscle action p. and compound nerve action p.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
compound action potential
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Compound muscle action potential — The compound muscle action potential (CMAP) or compound motor action potential is a electromyography investigation (electrical study of muscle function). The CMAP represents the sumation of all underlying individual muscle fiber action potentials … Wikipedia
compound muscle action potential — (CMAP) a group of almost simultaneous action potentials from several muscle fibers in the same area; they are usually evoked by stimulation of the supplying motor nerve and are recorded as one multipeaked summated action potential. See also A… … Medical dictionary
compound nerve action potential — a group of almost synchronous nerve fiber action potentials from the trunk of a motor, sensory, or mixed nerve: they are usually evoked by nerve stimulation and are recorded as a multipeaked summated action potential … Medical dictionary
compound sensory nerve action potential — sensory nerve action p … Medical dictionary
muscle action potential — compound muscle action p … Medical dictionary
nerve fiber action potential — an action potential recorded from a single nerve fiber; see also compound nerve action p … Medical dictionary
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sensory potential — sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) a compound nerve action potential recorded from a sensory nerve or from the sensory branch of a mixed nerve. Called also compound sensory nerve action p … Medical dictionary
nerve potential — nerve action potential 1. compound nerve action p. 2. nerve fiber action p … Medical dictionary
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