- beta motoneurons
- neurons of the anterior spinal cord that give rise to the beta fibers that innervate extrafusal and intrafusal muscle fibers.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
beta motoneurons
Look at other dictionaries:
beta fibers — motor and proprioceptive fibers of the A type having conduction velocities of 30 to 70 meters per second and ranging from 8 to 13 μm in diameter. See also beta motoneurons … Medical dictionary
Muscle spindle — Latin fusus neuromuscularis Code TH H3.11.06.0.00018 Muscle spindles are sensory receptors within the belly of a muscle, which primarily detect changes in the length of this muscle. They convey length information to the central nervous system via … Wikipedia
Gamma motoneuron — Neuron: Gamma motorneuron A muscle spindle, with γ motor and Ia sensory fibers NeuroLex ID … Wikipedia
Motor neuron — Neuron: Motor neuron Micrograph of the hypoglossal nucleus showing motor neurons with their c … Wikipedia
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
GDNF family of ligands — The GDNF family of ligands (GFL) consists of four neurotrophic factors: glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) neurturin (NRTN), artemin (ARTN) and persephin (PSPN). GFLs have been shown to play a role in a number of biological… … Wikipedia
Choline acetyltransferase — Identifiers EC number 2.3.1.6 CAS number 9012 78 6 … Wikipedia
Autonomic nervous system — The autonomic nervous system Blue = parasympathetic Red = sympathetic Latin divisio autonomica systematis nervosi peripherici The autonomic nervous system (ANS or visceral nervous syste … Wikipedia
Neural adaptation — or sensory adaptation is a change over time in the responsiveness of the sensory system to a constant stimulus. It is usually experienced as a change in the stimulus. For example, if one rests one s hand on a table, one immediately feels the… … Wikipedia
Neuron — This article is about cells in the nervous system. For other uses, see Neuron (disambiguation). Brain cell redirects here. For other uses, see Glial cell. Neuron: Nerve Cell … Wikipedia
