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detect degree and rate of change in muscle length
(even if eyes are closed, still know where limbs are, can feel the muscles because the message is being sent to the cerebrum) |
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| help maintain muscle tone |
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| complex, small sensorimotor organ |
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| consists of 3-5 specialized intrafusal fibers |
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| lie parallel to surrounding extrafusal (striate) muscle fibers |
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| monitor degree of muscle tension during muscle contraction |
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| reflexively inhibit muscle contraction; permit muscle to stretch to prevent injury caused by excessive contraction |
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| innervate tough tissues that attach muscles to bones |
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| prevent generation of too-sudden or excessive force that could damage muscle or its insertion |
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| whenever muscle contraction is excessive, stimulates tendon organ fibers, which activate intervening inhibitory interneurons of spinal cord |
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| interneurons inhibit alpha-motor nuclei |
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| accounts for autogenic inhibition |
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