About The Medical Condition Muscle Stretch Receptors

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Muscle Stretch Receptors

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Muscle Stretch Receptors Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Muscle Stretch Receptors?

Mechanoreceptors found between skeletal muscle fibers. Muscle spindles are arranged in parallel with muscle fibers and respond to the passive stretch of the muscle, but cease to discharge if the muscle contracts isotonically, thus signaling muscle length. The muscle spindles are the receptors responsible for the stretch or myotactic reflex (REFLEX, STRETCH).

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