stretch receptor

The plan is to stretch it out as long as possible, then probably forget about it, and then suddenly remember it.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“You need to stretch kids slightly outside their comfort zones, but never have surprises,” she said.
The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA|Emily Shire|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They started with Not Fade Away and went from one song to another over a 14 minute stretch.
Greil Marcus Talks About Trying to Unlock Rock and Roll in 10 Songs|Allen Barra|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The farmers in the area told Ledu that what normally fed them for one year would barely stretch for the next few months.
Liberia’s Ebola Famine|Abby Haglage, Nina Strochlic|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the final stretch of the campaign, Gotauco, the Healey volunteer, recorded a song she titled "Integrity in A-Minor."
How to Run a Statewide Campaign on $38|Michael Ames|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I could see only the stretch of green before me, and I felt as if I must walk on forever, without coming to the end of it.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
A long stretch of smooth ice followed, over which he glided with ever-increasing speed.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
He had perhaps placed in her hand the weapon that should hasten his own defeat, stretch him bleeding on the sand.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Twenty minutes jogging brought us into a stretch of rough country, a series of knobs and ridges cut by innumerable coulées.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

Medical definitions for stretch receptor

stretch receptor

A sensory receptor in a muscle that responds to the stretching of tissue.