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