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neuromuscular spindle

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Main Entry: neuromuscular spindle
Function: noun
: MUSCLE SPINDLE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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neuromuscular spindle n.
A spindle-shaped end organ in skeletal muscle in which afferent nerve fibers terminate and which is sensitive to passive stretching of the muscle enclosing it.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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