intrafusal muscle fibre

anatomy

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role in nervous system

  • nervous system
    In human nervous system: Muscle spindles

    …specialized muscle fibers, known as intrafusal muscle fibers (from Latin fusus, “spindle”). The muscle spindle is several millimeters long, and approximately five intrafusal muscle fibers run throughout its length. They are considerably thinner and shorter than ordinary skeletal muscle fibers, although they show similar contractions and have the same histological…

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