neuromuscular spindle
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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.
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neuromere, neuromodulator, neuromotor, neuromuscular, neuromuscular blocking agent, neuromuscular spindle, neuromuscular system, neuromyasthenia, neuromyelitis, neuromyelitis optica, neuromyopathy
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