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Topic: Contraction

Related:
  Muscle Contraction    Braxton Hicks contractions  
  Premature Ventricular Contractions  

 
 
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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite possession(s):Couch,  Penis,  Abflexer(tm)
Appearance:Muscular
Personality:Nervous
Intelligence:Incompetent
Currently has on their coffee table:Men's Health magazine
Favorite activity(s):Sleeping
Favorite body part(s):Lungs
Favorite sport(s):Bodybuilding,  Working out at the gym
Likes to wear:Moustache
Medical note(s):Uses laxatives,  Undergoing therapy,  Has cancer
Worst habit(s):Nervous twitch,  Farting in public
Favorite quote(s):"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." - Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
 
 
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Nick Lazzaro,
Adult Webmaster

Vaginal contractions were one manifestation of the orgasm produced by the clitoris.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

Segmentation contractions are a common type of mixing motility seen especially in the small intestine - segmental rings of contraction chop and mix the ingesta.
Contractions were very strong, but the midwife felt a swelling of the cervix.
Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model

My contractions are bearable.
Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent

Fine muscle contractions are seen involving small muscle groups over the surface of the neck and body with occaisional larger muscular jerks.
Contractions of the anal sphincter muscle and other surrounding tissues may also occur.
Between contractions I was still a bit chatty and could laugh and make jokes about the pain but I was starting to get this little nagging feeling in the back of my mind that I could not do this anymore.
Jake Farley,
Truck Driver

My contractions were easy to breathe through at this stage but soon I had one that was unbearable and I let out a shriek while buzzing urgently for the midwife.
Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom

Uterine contractions during the last trimester of pregnancy that are often mistaken for labor.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

These contractions occur when enough calcium binds to specific protein molecules inside the spine.
Braille contractions combine commonly used groups of characters that usually appear in multiple cells into a single cell.
Contractions should be performed as explosively as possible on all work sets after warming up properly.
 
 
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