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Anatomy of the muscle spindle with callout boxes. Muscle spindles are stretch receptors within muscles that primarily detect changes in the length of the muscle. The boxes lined with black dots depict the contractile end portions of intrafusal fibre while the box lined with green dots depicts the non-contractile central portion of the intrafusal fibre. English labels. NOTE: THIS IMAGE IS UNDER A NON-DERIVATIVE LICENSE. THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU REMIX OR REVISE THIS MATERIAL YOU MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE THE MODIFIED MATERIAL.
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Netherlands, Leiden – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
Neurofibrae afferentes
Neurofibrae efferentes
Creator(s)/credit: Lissie Cowley MSc, medical illustrator
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