Definition of Myogram

1. Noun. A graphical recording of muscle activity.

Generic synonyms: Graph, Graphical Record
Specialized synonyms: Electromyogram, Emg

Definition of Myogram

1. n. See Muscle curve, under Muscle.

Definition of Myogram

1. Noun. (biology) The contraction curve of a muscle, inscribed upon a prepared surface by means of a myograph. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Myogram

1. a myographic record [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myogram

myofibroblasts
myofilament
myofilaments
myogen
myogenesis
myogenic
myogenin
myogens
myoglobin
myoglobins
myoglobinuria
myoglobinurias
myoglobinuric
myoglobulin
myoglobulins
myogram (current term)
myograms
myograph
myographic
myographical
myographies
myographs
myography
myohaematin
myohaematins
myoid
myoinositol
myoinositols
myokine
myokymia

Literary usage of Myogram

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Experimental Physiology for Students of Medicine by Winfield Scott Hall (1904)
"The lever point should trace upon the drum a typical myogram. Repeat the experiment several times with the same preparation. Study the characteristics of ..."

2. A Textbook of Human Physiology: Including a Section on Physiologic Apparatus. by Albert Philson Brubaker (1922)
"The myogram Due to the Make and the Break of a Galvanic Current. -The contraction of the muscle which has heretofore been recorded has been caused by the ..."

3. Kirkes' Handbook of Physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes, Charles Wilson Greene (1922)
"is called a myogram. The character of the myogram, and therefore the facts ... If the myogram is made on a recording surface that is standing still, ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"... giving rise to the so-called "staircase" myogram. This seems to indicate that one response better fits the muscle for successive ones. FIG. ..."

5. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"... this stimulation was applied during the time marked by the lower signal; its moments of commencement and ending are marked by abscissae on the myogram. ..."

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