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Muscle Tone: Condition in which muscle is in a constant yet slight state of contraction and appears firm.

Semitone: Also known as a half step, the smallest interval commonly used in the Western musical system.

Scopitones: Produced in the 1960s, short films of performances by popular musicians presented on coin-operated machines akin to jukeboxes.

Sandstone: A detrital sedimentary rock composed of grains from 1/16 to 2 millimeters in diameter, dominated in most sandstones by quartz, feldspar, and rock fragments, bound together by a cement of sil . . . View Full Definition

Quartzose Sandstone: (1) A quartz arenite. (2) A clean quartz sandstone, less pure than a quartz arenite, that may contain a moderate amount of other detrital minerals and/or calcite cement.

Shoulder Muscles: A group of muscles located at the upper arm to the torso of the body. Compised of three heads, front, medial and rear delt.

Small Muscle Group Exercise: Single joint movement and isolation exercises (i.e. Bicep curls, tricep pressdowns and leg extensions).

Skeletal Muscle: Muscle that is generally attached to the skeleton and causes body parts to move; consists of muscle fibers. Voluntary muscle cells that have a striated appearance. These muscles control skel . . . View Full Definition

Siltstone: A clastic sedimentary rock that forms from silt-size (between 1/256 and 1/16 millimeter diameter) weathering debris. Picture of Siltstone.

Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy: This technique utilizes deep cross-fiber strokes applied with the thumbs and fingers. Developed by Therese Pfrimmer of Canada, this is a deep muscle therapeutic technique. As with many pione . . . View Full Definition