Muscle Spindals Flashcards

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Muscle Spindle

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  • Muscle fibers that respond to stretch
  • Motor and Sensory ending in skeletal mm
  • form from anterior horn cells (grey matter in spinal cord)
  • Provide feedback to the CNS: tested by DTR’s
  • Activates without transmission to the cortex for interpretation. Spinal cord injury still have reflexes
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