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the inhibition of one group of muscles on excitation of their antagonists, a phenomenon resulting from reciprocal innervation (q.v.).Medical dictionary. 2011.
Reciprocal inhibition — describes muscles on one side of a joint relaxing to accommodate contraction on the other side of that joint.The body handles this pretty well during activities like running, where muscles that oppose each other are engaged and disengaged… … Wikipedia
reciprocal inhibition — noun a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
reciprocal-inhibition therapy — noun a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
reciprocal inhibition — Psychiatry. the theory that the pairing of an anxiety provoking stimulus with anxiety reducing reactions will weaken the association between the stimulus and the anxiety. [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
reciprocal innervation — n innervation so that the contraction of a muscle or set of muscles (as of a joint) is accompanied by the simultaneous inhibition of an antagonistic muscle or set of muscles * * * the innervation of muscles around the joints, where the motor… … Medical dictionary
inhibition — 1. Depression or arrest of a function. SEE ALSO: inhibitor. 2. In psychoanalysis, the restraining of instinctual or unconscious drives or tendencies, especially if they conflict with one s conscience or with societal demands. 3. In psychology, a… … Medical dictionary
contact inhibition of movement — Reaction in which the direction of motion of a cell is altered following collision with another cell. In heterologous contacts both cell may respond (mutual inhibition), or only one (non reciprocal). Type I contact inhibition involves paralysis… … Dictionary of molecular biology
non-reciprocal contact inhibition — Collision behaviour between different cell types in which one cell shows contact inhibition of locomotion, and the other does not. An example is the interaction between sarcoma cells and fibroblasts (the former not being inhibited) … Dictionary of molecular biology
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… … Universalium
