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NEUROMUSCULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
muscle (one of the contractile organs of the body)
nerve (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)
Context examples:
A neuromuscular examination of a newborn's developmental characteristics.
(Neuromuscular Maturity Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called NES, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and therapeutic (subthreshold) electrical stimulation.
(NMES, NCI Dictionary)
Piperazine citrate is a gamma-aminobutyric acid GABA receptor agonist and blocks the activity of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction thereby altering neuronal cell membrane permeability and causing hyperpolarization.
(Piperazine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)
When applied topically to the eye, this agent prolongs stimulation of the parasympathetic receptors at the neuromuscular junctions of the longitudinal muscle of the ciliary body.
(Echothiophate Iodide, NCI Thesaurus)
Useful in assessing neonatal neuromuscular development, this is the result obtained when the infant is placed in a supine position and the infant's feet are grasped pulled toward the ipsilateral ears.
(Heel to Ear Measurement Result, NCI Thesaurus)
Pancuronium bromide competitively binds to the nicotinic receptor at the neuromuscular junction, thereby preventing acetylcholine binding and resulting in skeletal muscle relaxation and paralysis.
(Pancuronium Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)
This includes disorders of the brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, nerve roots, autonomic nervous system, neuromuscular junction, and muscle.
(Nervous System Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Useful in assessing neonatal neuromuscular development, this is obtained when the infant is placed in a supine position and the infant's feet are grasped pulled toward the ipsilateral ears.
(Heel to Ear Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
Ambenonium chloride is a rapid indirect-acting cholinergic agonist that reversibly blocks the activity of acetylcholinesterase, thereby prevents acetylcholine hydrolysis and prolonging its activity on nicotinic receptors at the neuromuscular junction.
(Ambenonium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
The toxins can be absorbed in the intestine to travel in the blood to its site of action, at the neuromuscular junction.
(Botulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
