fusimotor

fusimotor
Pertaining to the efferent innervation of intrafusal muscle fibers by gamma motor neurons. SEE ALSO: neuromuscular spindle. [L. fusus, spindle, + moveo, to move]

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fu·si·mo·tor (fu″sĭ-moґtər) [fus- + motor] innervating intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle; said of motor nerve fibers of gamma motoneurons.

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  • fusimotor nerves — nerves with a special type of ending that innervates intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle …   Medical dictionary

  • fusimotor neurons — gamma motoneurons …   Medical dictionary

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