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muscle spindle
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muscle spindle
n.
A stretch receptor in vertebrate muscle.


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muscle spindles, receptors of the skin and joints, and the proportion of type II muscle fibers; Cardinale and Wakeling, 2005; Cardinale and Lim, 2003a).
Primary sensory receptors that are employed in movement are muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs (Gardner, 1968; Liss, 1990).
 
 
 
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