Veterinary Histology and Embryology

MUSCLE TENDON SPINDLE (Organ of Golgi)

• Found at the junction of muscle and tendon spindle shaped composed of tendon bundles covered by a connective tissue capsule.
• Into this enter one or several afferent nerve fibres which terminate in arborization around bundles.
• Muscle spindles and muscle tendon spindles are proprioceptors of position and movement receiving stimuli due to constant or varying tensions of voluntary muscle and their attached tendons.