Examples of 'contractile' in a sentence

Meaning of "contractile"

Contractile (adjective): Capable of contracting or shrinking in size, especially in reference to muscles or tissues
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  • Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.

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Rings lacking contractile or relaxing responses were disposed of.
Stress fiber sarcomeres of fibroblasts are contractile.
Methods of recording contractile activity of the uterus.
Contractile responses to oxyhemoglobin were completed relaxed by iloprost.
Violation of the contractile function of the heart.
Contractile responses were expressed as percent of maximal contraction.
Muscles are the contractile tissues of the body.
Members of the genus are extremely contractile.
A contractile gel that stores light energy.
Intraglomerular mesangial cells have contractile activity.
Other aspects of contractile activity may be inspected.
Muscle tissue is composed of specialized contractile cells.
This is the contractile element of the heart.
Medical device including an artificial contractile structure.
Improvement of the contractile qualities of insufficiently used muscles.

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The cardiac action potential in contractile cells.
Several models of contractile filament architecture are discussed here.
Stabilizes the position of the contractile filaments.
Contractile and motile proteins have been found in plants.
Medical device comprising an artificial contractile structure.
The contractile function of the heart is typically retained.
This allowed them to study contractile myocardial cells.
Uterine contractile activity is notably decreased.
Alpha actins are a major constituent of the contractile apparatus.
Selective role of vinculin in contractile mechanisms of endothelial permeability.
The contractile force was measured by using an auxotonic method.
This was repeated until contractile responses became stable.
Its rhinophores and gills are contractile.
Fibroblasts commonly become contractile in wound healing environments.
Myofibroblasts are also believed to be responsible for contractile behavior.
No differences in the contractile function were found between the groups.
An increase in endurance also implies good contractile capacity.
Gallbladder contractile is rarely observed and if present is without villi.
They lie parallel with the contractile fibers.
Muscles are bundles of contractile fibers that are attached to bones by tendons.
One muscle fiber having regular contractile activity.
The contractile unit of the muscle fiber is the sarcomere.
The inhibition rate on the contractile force was calculated.
The contractile activity of human myometreal fragments was studied in vitro.
Myoepithelial cells have contractile functions.
The contractile vacuole is posterior.
This results in greater contractile force.
It comprises more contractile elements disposed around the organ.
The área generally indicates local contractile performance.
Contractile tension was measured vía an isotonic transducer and recorded on a polygraph.
The retraction is dependent on the contractile protein thrombosthenin.
Globulins are contractile proteins and protective proteins in vertebrate blood.
Each myofibrils is made up of contractile sarcomeres.
They have a contractile vacuole that removes excess water.
Determine whether the image depicts contractile activity.

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