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tonic contraction
tonic contraction Tonic contraction is a continued, steady state of muscular tightening rather than a brief shortening.
Tonic contraction is a continued, steady state of muscular tightening rather than a brief shortening. In this historical passage, it refers especially to the normal maintained narrowing of the small arteries produced by vaso-constrictor nerve activity.