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muscle spindle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003718

The sensory organs in muscle that are involved in the stretch reflex. [ MP:0004069 ]

Synonyms: neuromuscular spindle

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:83607
  • SCTID:12945004
  • UMLS:C0027871 (ncithesaurus:Muscle_Spindle)
  • GAID:819
  • NCIT:C13824
  • MESH:D009470
Subsets

pheno_slim

has related synonym

neuromuscular spindle, muscle stretch receptor

id

UBERON:0003718

prefLabel

Muscle spindle