- chain fiber
- nuclear chain f.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
chain fiber
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nuclear chain fiber — an intrafusal fiber that contains a nuclear chain; it is shorter and thinner and contracts more rapidly than a nuclear bag fiber … Medical dictionary
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Nuclear bag fiber — Latin myofibra sacculiformis Code TH H3.03.00.0.00013 A nuclear bag fiber is a type of intrafusal muscle fiber that lies in the center of a muscle spindle. Each has a large number of nuclei concentrated in bags and they cau … Wikipedia
Type Ia sensory fiber — also called Primary Afferent Fiber is a type of sensory fiber. It is a component of a muscle fiber s muscle spindle which keeps track of how fast a muscle stretch changes (the velocity of the stretch).Function of muscle spindlesIn order to… … Wikipedia
Type II sensory fiber — (group Aβ) is a type of sensory fiber, the second of the two main groups of stretch receptors. They are non adapting, meaning that they keep responding even when the muscle has stopped changing its length. They are the second most highly… … Wikipedia
nuclear bag fiber — an intrafusal fiber that contains a nuclear bag; it is longer and thicker and contracts more slowly than a nuclear chain fiber … Medical dictionary
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Nerve fiber — Latin neurofibra MeSH Nerve+Fibers Code TA A14.0.00.001 A nerve fiber is a threadlike extension of a nerve cell and consists of an axon … Wikipedia
