Medical Definition of Excitation contraction coupling

1. Name given to the chain of processes coupling excitation of a muscle by the arrival of a nervous impulse at the motor end plate to the contraction of the filaments of the sarcomere. The crucial link is the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the analogy is often drawn between this and stimulus secretion coupling, that also involves calcium release into the cytoplasm. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Excitation Contraction Coupling

excisionase
excisions
excitabilities
excitability
excitable
excitable area
excitable cell
excitable gap
excitableness
excitablenesses
excitably
excitant
excitants
excitate
excitation
excitation contraction coupling (current term)
excitation energy
excitation function
excitation functions
excitation radiation
excitation spectrum
excitation wave
excitations
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excitator
excitatory
excitatory amino acid
excitatory amino acid agents
excitatory amino acid agonists
excitatory amino acid antagonists

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