intrafusal fiber


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intrafusal fiber

[¦in·trə′fyüz·əl ′fī·bər]
(histology)
Any of the striated muscle fibers contained in a muscle spindle.
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The muscle spindles in the EDL muscle were observed in the two studied groups and were found to have a normal organizational pattern, that is, smaller and thinner intrafusal fibers, surrounded by a connective tissue capsule (Figs.
In the CP group, the muscle spindle area and the mean cross-sectional area of the intrafusal fibers were 26 % smaller when compared to the CTL group (Figs.
Regarding the muscle spindles, the absence of weight discharge is known to be able to reduce the cross-section area of the intrafusal fibers, decrease the diameter of the equatorial region and fragment the nerve endings (Zhu et al., 2008).
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Thus, gamma activation and contraction of intrafusal fibers can drive alpha activation and the contraction of entire muscle (Nielsen et al., 2007).
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(2) This is due to the presence of cholinergic neuromuscular junctions between the a-motor neurons and the extrafusal fibers, and the 7-motor neurons and the intrafusal fibers which form the muscle spindle organ.
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