Definition of Isotonic exercise

1. Noun. Exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change). "The classic isotonic exercise is lifting free weights"


Medical Definition of Isotonic exercise

1. Contraction of a muscle, the tension remaining constant. Since the contractile force is proportional to the overlap of the filaments and the overlap is varying, the numbers of active cross bridges must be changing. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isotonic Exercise

isothiazolidines
isothiazolidinium
isothiazolinone
isothiazolinones
isothiocyanate
isothiocyanates
isothiourea
isothipendyl
isothiuronium
isotone
isotones
isotonia
isotonic
isotonic coefficient
isotonic contraction
isotonic exercise (current term)
isotonic solution
isotonic solutions
isotonic traction
isotonically
isotonicities
isotonicity
isotope
isotope clearance
isotope dilution
isotope dilutions
isotope labeling
isotope shift
isotope signature
isotoped

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