Sentences with phrase «about voluntary muscle»

What we discover about voluntary muscle strengthening is likely to be applicable to other patient populations or frail older adults who suffer muscle weakness.»

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Perchance to Dream In 1953 Nathaniel Kleitman of the University of Chicago and his graduate student Eugene Aserinsky discovered that slumber, which had been considered a single continuous period of downtime, contains recurring periods in which the sleeper's eyes move about, heartbeat and breathing become irregular, most voluntary muscles are paralyzed and brain activity (as measured by electroencephalography) is heightened.
Both postural and phasic muscles are skeletal muscle, which is categorized as voluntary muscle: voluntary, as opposed to the smooth muscle your organs are made of, which is involuntary — meaning your organs continue to do their job without your conscious control or consent (even, for example, when you're not thinking about what your small intestine is doing).
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