See Also: muscle spindle(medicine)
spindle-shaped muscle(medicine)
spindle(dictionary)
His' spindle(medicine)
Spindle(medicine)
spindle(1)(dictionary)
spindle(2)(dictionary)
nuclear spindle(medicine)
Spindle apparatus(health)
meiotic spindle(medicine)

Ti(3) (iou) and muscle spindle (medicine)


Ti(3) (iou)



Ti symbol.
Chemistry. Titanium.

muscle spindle (medicine)


muscle spindle


A specialised muscle fibre found in tetrapod vertebrates. A bundle of muscle fibres is innervated by sensory neurons. Stretching the muscle causes the neurons to fire, the muscle spindle thus functions as a stretch receptor.