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Preferred term

Muscle Spindles  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Skeletal muscle structures that function as the MECHANORECEPTORS responsible for the stretch or myotactic reflex (REFLEX, STRETCH). They are composed of a bundle of encapsulated SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS, i.e., the intrafusal fibers (nuclear bag 1 fibers, nuclear bag 2 fibers, and nuclear chain fibers) innervated by SENSORY NEURONS.

Entry terms

  • Muscle Stretch Receptors
  • Neuromuscular Spindles
  • Receptors, Stretch, Muscle
  • Stretch Receptors, Muscle

In other languages

  • French

  • Fuseau musculaire
  • Fuseau neuromusculaire
  • Fuseaux musculaires
  • Fuseaux neuro-musculaires
  • Mécanorécepteurs musculaires
  • Récepteurs à l'étirement du muscle

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