To an insurance company, an insurable interest is the basic reason for issuing a legal insurance cover, to an insured (or beneficiary) it gives the legal right to enforce an insurance claim.
The change in membrane potential occurring in nerve, muscle, or other excitable tissue when excitation occurs. action potential. A momentary change in electrical potential on the surface of a neuron or muscle cell. Nerve impulses are action potentials.
golgi tendon reflex: A normal component of the reflex arc of the peripheral nervous system. In this reflex, a skeletal muscle contraction causes the agonist muscle to simultaneously lengthen and relax. This reflex is also called the inverse myotatic reflex because it is the inverse of the stretch reflex.