- Sherrington's law
- Sher·ring·ton's law (sherґing-tənz) [Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, British physiologist and Nobel prize winner, 1857–1952] see under law.
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Sherrington's law of reciprocal innervation — Sherrington s law of reciprocal innervation, also called Sherrington s law II explains how a muscle will relax when its opposite muscle (e.g., bicep/tricep) is activated. René Descartes had hypothesized as much in 1626. Fact|date=May 2008ee… … Wikipedia
Sherrington's law — 1. every posterior spinal nerve root supplies a special region of the skin, although fibers from adjacent spinal segments may invade such a region. 2. when a muscle receives a nerve impulse to contract, its antagonist receives simultaneously an… … Medical dictionary
Sherrington, Sir Charles Scott — born Nov. 27, 1857, London, Eng. died March 4, 1952, Eastbourne, Sussex English physiologist. By studying animals whose cerebral cortexes had been removed, he showed that reflexes are integrated activities of the total organism, not based on… … Universalium
law of reciprocal innervation — Sherrington s l. (def. 2) … Medical dictionary
law — 1. A principle or rule. 2. A statement of fact detailing a sequence or relation of phenomena that is invariable under given conditions. SEE ALSO: principle, rule, theorem. [A.S. lagu] Alexander l. states that a jerky nystagmus becomes worse when… … Medical dictionary
Sherrington — Sir Charles S., English physiologist and Nobel laureate, 1857–1952. See S. phenomenon, S. law, Schiff S. phenomenon, Liddell S. reflex … Medical dictionary
Hering's law of equal innervation — is used to explain the conjugacy of eye movements (saccades) in stereoptic animals. The law proposes that conjugacy of saccades is due to innate connections in which the eye muscles responsible for each eye s movements are innervated equally. The … Wikipedia
ley de Sherrington — Eng. Sherrington s law Ley según la cual cuando un músculo se contrae su antagonista recibe una cantidad de estímulos de inhibición igual a la cantidad de estímulos de contracción que recibe el primero. Ley de la inervación recíproca … Diccionario de oftalmología
Charles Scott Sherrington — Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Born 27 November 1857(1857 11 27) Islington … Wikipedia
Antagonist (muscle) — An antagonist is a classification used to describe a muscle that acts in opposition to the specific movement generated by the agonist and is responsible for returning a limb to its initial position.Antagonistic pairsAntagonistic muscles are found … Wikipedia
