gracilis

Examples

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• The continuous stimulation of the transposed gracilis muscle is needed to maintain a prolonged contraction, which is essential for continence.

  Academic text (1992)

• The original technique and subsequent modifications may fail because gracilis, a fast-twitch muscle, is incapable of prolonged contraction without fatigue.

  Academic text (1992)

• You can forget that this grace muscle, gracilis, is there until somebody runs a cool finger along it.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Graciloplasty has had limited success because the gracilis is a fast-twitch muscle and fatigues quickly.

  Academic text (1992)

• The saphenous nerve lies deep in the lower extremity and extends through the sartorius and gracilis muscles.

  Academic text (2002)

• To improve the procedure, Cavina and his colleagues stimulated the gracilis muscle intermittently for several weeks postoperatively to prevent atrophy.

  Academic text (1992)

• However, graciloplasty may not improve continence (n3) because gracilis is a voluntary muscle, and its "fast-twitch" fibers are easily fatigable.

  Academic text (1992)

• The gracilis muscle along the inner thigh helps to bring the legs together during movement.

• A physical therapist explained that strengthening the gracilis is vital for improving leg coordination.

Compounds

B

Bouteloua gracilis

• Specialized

9.5

A short grass that grows on dry plains in western North America and is good for grazing cattle

L

Loris gracilis

• Specialized

9.9

A small night animal with a thin body that lives in trees in southern India and Sri Lanka

Surface Forms

Etymology