MUSCLETONE

Muscle tone

In physiology, medicine, and anatomy, muscle tone is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, or the muscle’s resistance to passive stretch during resting state. It helps to maintain posture and declines during REM sleep.

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muscle tone

Noun

  1. The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture.


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