Intrafusal muscle fiber
Intrafusal muscle fiber Intrafusal fibers are muscle fibers that comprise the muscle spindle. ...
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Muscle spindle
Muscle spindle A muscle spindle is a specialized muscle structure innervated by both sensory and motor ... are to send proprioceptive information about the muscle to the central nervous system, and to respond to muscle stretching. Anatomy Muscle spindles are found ...
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Category:Muscle stubs
Category:Muscle stubs This category is for stub articles relating to muscle. You can help Wikipedia by expanding them ... add an article to this category, use {{muscle-stub}} instead of {{stub}}. IMPORTANT NOTICE: please ... previous 200) (next 200) Pages in category "Muscle stubs" There are 200 pages in this ... of this category. A Abdominal external oblique muscle Abductor digiti quinti muscle (foot) Abductor ...
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Nuclear bag fiber
Nuclear bag fiber Brief Outline: 1-3 nuclear bag fibres lie in the centre of each intrafusal muscle fibre of a muscle spindle. Each has a large number of ... secondary nerve fibres. See also nuclear chain fiber.
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List of anatomical topics
... alveolar artery - anterior tibial artery - anterior vertebral muscle - anterior white commissure - anterolateral region of the ... condyle of mandible - articular disc - articulation - aryepiglotticus muscle - arytenoid - arytenoid cartilage - arytenoideus muscle - astereognosis - asterion - asterixis - astrocyte - asynergy - ataxia - atlanto ... ciliary arteries - ciliary body - ciliary ganglion - ciliary muscle - ciliary nerves - ciliospinal reflex - cilium - cingulate gyrus ... s column nucleus - claustrum - clava - clavicle - climbing fiber - clinoid - clitoris - clivus - cloaca - clonus - coccyx - ...
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Motor neuron
... cord or brain stem and synapse with muscle fibers to facilitate muscle contraction and with muscle spindles to modify proprioceptive sensitivity. Anatomy and ... the spinal cord. Somatic fibers innervate skeletal muscle while autonomic fibers innervate cardiac muscle of the heart and smooth muscle ...
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Wikimir:Requested articles/list of missing anatomy
... anterior perforated substance - anterior root - anterior vertebral muscle - anterior white commissure - anterolateral region of the ... articular condyle of mandible - articular disc - aryepiglotticus muscle - arytenoideus muscle - aspera - asterixisi - asynergy - atlanto-occipital joint - auditory ... corticobulbar axons - corticomedial amygdala - corticopontine fibers - corticostriate fiber - costophrenic angle - cranial autonomic ganglia - cranial nerve ... artery - iliac lymph nodes - iliolumbar artery - iliopsoas muscle - impar - incisive foramen - incisura - indicis - indusium ...
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Golgi organ
... is located at the insertion of skeletal muscle fibres into the tendons of skeletal muscle. Anatomy The body of the organ is ... are connected at one end to the muscle fibres and at the other merge into ... contains a number of enlarged tendon fasciculi (intrafusal fasciculi). One or more nerve fibers perforate ... disks or varicosities (see figure). Function During muscle contraction the strands of collagen are ...
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List of subjects in Gray's Anatomy: X. The Organs of the senses and the Common integument
... s page #1011 pars ciliaris retinæ Ciliaris muscle (m. ciliaris; Bowman's muscle ) meridional fibers and circular fibers Gray's ... inferior oblique) Gray's page #1024 Orbitalis muscle Fascia bulb (capsule of Ténon) periscleral lymph ... endings | Hair follicle receptors Proprioception: Golgi organ | Muscle spindle (Intrafusal muscle fiber) Pain: Nociceptors Temperature: Thermoreceptors ...
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Hair follicle
... the follicle is a tiny bundle of muscle fiber called the arrector pili that is responsible ... endings | Hair follicle receptors Proprioception: Golgi organ | Muscle spindle (Intrafusal muscle fiber) Pain: Nociceptors Temperature: Thermoreceptors
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