| Muscle
Spindle and Golgi Tendon Organ |
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| sensory |
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| Modulating
fibers |
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| a efferent motor |
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| fibers – to |
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| extrafusal
fibers |
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| Primary |
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| sensory |
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| neurons |
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stretch |
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| Extrafusal fibers |
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| Primary
muscle |
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| contraction |
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| Golgi tendon organ |
| Figure 13.13 |
| Tendon
stretches as muscle contracts |