See Also: avalanche conduction(medicine)
cervical interspinales muscles(medicine)
avalanche(dictionary)
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lumbar interspinales muscles(medicine)
thoracic interspinales muscles(medicine)

cervical interspinales muscles (medicine) and avalanche conduction (medicine)


cervical interspinales muscles (medicine)


cervical interspinales muscles
Origin, tubercle of spinous process of cervical vertebra; insertion, tubercle of spinous process of next superior vertebra; action, extends the neck; nerve supply, dorsal rami of cervical nerves.

Synonym: musculus interspinalis cervicis, cervical interspinal muscle.


avalanche conduction (medicine)


avalanche conduction
<physiology> The discharge of an impulse from a neuron into a large number of neurons of the same physiologic system. This produces an amplification effect, thus producing a very large amount of nervous energy for a given stimulus.