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| Neurons that innervate extrafusal muscle fibers and cause muscle contraction |
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| The normal contractile fibers of a muscle |
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stimulated by mechanical distortion
Sensory information is integrated in the CNS |
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| Muscle receptors that send information about muscle length |
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| Modified muscle fibers of the muscle spindle that lack myofibrils in their central portions |
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| Simultaneous activation of alpha and gamma motor neurons so that during muscle contraction, the intrafusal fibers continue to monitor tension in the muscle |
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| Receptors are found at the junction of the tendons and muscle fibers that respond to both stretch and contraction of the muscle |
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| A polysynaptic reflex that causes an arm or leg to be pulled away from a painful stimulus |
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Reflexes that help us maintain body position |
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Neurons from motor cortex to spinal cord |
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