Arteries carry blood away from the heart. Pulmonary arteries transport blood that has a low oxygen content from the right ventricle to the lungs. Systemic arteries transport oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body tissues.Blood is pumped from the ventricles into large elastic arteries that branch repeatedly into smaller and smaller arteries until the branching results in microscopic arteries called arterioles.ystemic arteries transport oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body tissues. Blood is pumped from the ventricles into large elastic arteries that branch repeatedly into smaller and smaller arteries until the branching results in microscopic arteries called arterioles.
(concentric action) the 'true' form of contraction of a muscle in which it shortens against a load (which may be only that of gravity on the relevant body part), and so does positive work. Hence concentric exercise: that in which the principal agonists act concentrically. See also muscle contraction.
shortening contraction a muscle contraction in which the ends of the muscle move closer together, as when a flexed limb is extended. tetanic contraction sustained muscular contraction without intervals of relaxation.tonic contraction tetanic c. twitch contraction twitch.ourglass contraction contraction of an organ, as the stomach or uterus, at or near the middle. isometric contraction muscle contraction without appreciable shortening or change in distance between its origin and insertion. Isotonic (A) and isometric (B) contraction.