Muscle relaxant
In medicine, a muscle relaxant is a drug that causes skeletal muscle contraction to cease. Muscle relaxants are used to facilitate surgery, to enable tracheal intubation and to facilitate mechanical ventilation.
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Medicine - Skeletal muscle - Surgery - Tracheal intubation - Mechanical ventilation
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Muscles relaxants typically work by blocking the effect of acetylcholine (ACh) at the neuromuscular junction.
Related Topics:
Acetylcholine - Neuromuscular junction
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Receptor blockers |
| ► | Other mechanisms |
| ► | Central acting muscle relaxants |
| ► | Unclassified |
| ► | Acting on smooth muscle |
| ► | Other |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External references |
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