Definition
noun
(1) Tonicity of muscle.
(2) The muscle in a steady partially contracted state caused by the successive flow of nerve impulses, as in muscle tonus.
Supplement
Word origin: Greek tónos (tone)
Related terms:
Learn about community patterns and the ecological factors influencing these patterns. Revisit some of the ecosystems you..
Learn how the way genes control and determine every aspect of the body. This lesson uses lac operon as an example. ..
..
Proteins have a crucial role in various biological activities. Get to know how proteins are able to perform as enzymes, ..
This tutorial describes the independent assortment of chromosomes and crossing over as important events in meiosis. Read..
Humans are diploid creatures. This means that for every chromosome in the body, there is another one to match it. Howeve..
Neurons generate electric signals that they pass along to the other neurons or target tissues. In this tutorial, you wil..
