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CL Term : intrafusal muscle fiber [CL:0008047] Cell Ontology

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description  A skeletal muscle fiber that is part of a muscle spindle. These are specialized muscle fibers that serve as proprioceptors, detecting the amount and rate of change in length of a muscle. They are innervated by both sensory neurons and motor neurons (gamma and beta motorneurons, collectively referred to as fusimotor neurons).
  • synonyms:
  • myofibra intrafusalis
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