Fibrillation

Fibrillation called spontaneous twitching of individual muscle fibers of skeletal muscle.

In some diseases, uncontrolled small muscle fiber contractions may occur as a symptom. In cardiology to " fibrillation " refers ' to rapid, irregular and unsynchronized muscle contractions of the heart muscle and is there a medical term of art from the English literature, the less common is the German (atrial fibrillation - atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation - fibrillation).

Demarcation

• Fasciculation - short Muskelbündelzuckung without motion effect
• Myoclonus - muscle twitch with or without motion effect
• Tremor - periodic reciprocating motion (shaking)
• Dystonia - prolonged muscle spasm
• Myokymia - superficial, localized wave-like muscle contraction

Plastics Technology

In the plastics industry, the term refers to the elimination of filamentous fiber portions substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fiber.