Muscle tendon spindle (Organ of Golgi)

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.
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