Muscle contraction is the tightening, shortening, or lengthening of muscles when you do some activity. It can happen when you hold or pick up something, or when you stretch or exercise with weights.
Carbachol-evoked contractions of descending colon strips from patients with CC (A, B). Dose-response effects of carbachol on the amplitude of contraction of circular (Aa) and longitudinal (Ba) muscle ...