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121Stretch reflex — The stretch reflex (myotatic reflex) is a muscle contraction in response to stretching within the muscle. It is a monosynaptic reflex which provides automatic regulation of skeletal muscle length. When a muscle lengthens, the muscle spindle is… …
122Canticum Sacrum — ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis is a 17 minute choral orchestral piece composed in 1955 by Igor Stravinsky (1882 1971) in tribute To the City of Venice, in praise of its Patron Saint, the Blessed Mark, Apostle. The piece is compact and… …
123Tawny Lion — * see also: Journey to the West main articleTawny Lion a character featured within the famous ancient Chinese novel Journey to the West. Tawny Lion is first featured around Chapter 89, in which he stole all three of Sanzang’s disciples weapons by …
124Albertus Bryne — (variants: Albert, Bryan, Brian) (c.1621 2 December 1668) was an English organist and composer.BiographyHis teacher was John Tomkins, organist of St Paul s Cathedral, a role in which he succeeded his teacher in 1638. He was dismissed from the… …
125List of Magical Items in Fablehaven — This is a list of the magical items in the fictional Fablehaven series.Magical MilkMagical Milk is probably the most used item in the series. Drinking the milk gives you the ability to see the magical creatures in their true form. If one does not …
126List of magical items in Fablehaven — This is a list of the magical items in the fictional Fablehaven series. Contents 1 Secret Artifacts 2 Wands 3 Potions 4 Magic Silver Ball …
127The Song of Solomon 4 — 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the… …
128tendon reflex — n a reflex act (as a knee jerk) in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon * * * involuntary contraction of a muscle after brief stretching caused by percussion of its tendon; tendon reflexes include the biceps reflex,… …
