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annulospiral endings

 
Dental Dictionary: annulospiral ending

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A nerve ending, associated with an intrafusal muscle fiber, that is stimulated by a stretch impulse resulting from the extension of a muscle. The ending is in the form of a gradual spiral around the length of the intrafusal muscle fiber in the muscle spindle and is connected to the coarse myelinated fibers.

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Afferent nerve endings innervating the equators of muscle fibers.

 
 

 

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