MUSCLE SPINDLE


Meaning of MUSCLE SPINDLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1894

: a sensory end organ in a muscle that is sensitive to stretch in the muscle, consists of small striated muscle fibers richly supplied with nerve fibers, and is enclosed in a connective tissue sheath — called also stretch receptor

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