| 单词 | muscle spindle |
| 释义 | muscle spindlenounCell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture. Origin of muscle spindleFirst recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby muscle spindlemuscles of auditory ossicles, muscles of eyeball, muscles of head, muscles of mastication, muscle spasm, muscle spindle, muscone, muscovado, Muscovite, Muscovy, Muscovy duck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Medical definitions for muscle spindlemuscle spindle n.A stretch receptor found in vertebrate muscle. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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