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Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Muscle Spindles
Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Muscle Spindles
Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Muscle Spindles
... > Nervous System > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Muscle Spindles
... > Cells > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Muscle Spindles

Preferred term

Muscle Spindles  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Muscle Stretch Receptor
  • Muscle Stretch Receptors
  • Neuromuscular Spindle
  • Neuromuscular Spindles
  • Receptor, Muscle Stretch
  • Receptors, Muscle Stretch
  • Receptors, Stretch, Muscle
  • Spindle, Neuromuscular
  • Spindles, Neuromuscular
  • Stretch Receptor, Muscle
  • Stretch Receptors, Muscle

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 93; was NEUROMUSCULAR SPINDLES 1965-92; was see under NERVE ENDINGS 1963-64

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009470

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