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Muscle contraction

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017998

The process where thick (myosin) and thin (actin) filaments slide against each other to produce a shortening or tensing of the muscle cell or fiber.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-017998
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBiological substances
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-017998",
  "term": "Muscle contraction",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Muscle Contraction",
  "definition": "The process where thick (myosin) and thin (actin) filaments slide against each other to produce a shortening or tensing of the muscle cell or fiber.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/muscle-contraction/"
}

Record 17,522 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.