neurofibrae somaticae

neurofibrae somaticae
[TA] somatic nerve fibers: nerve fibers that innervate skeletal muscles and somatic tissues. They either stimulate and activate the muscle or tissue (somatic efferent fibers) or receive sensory impulses from them (somatic afferent fibers). Called also somatic fibers.

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