alpha motor fibre

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alpha motor fibre

anatomy

Also known as: alpha efferent fibre, alpha fibre

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human nervous system
Muscle spindles
Called alpha (α) efferents, these fibers have either a static or a dynamic effect. The physiologically important point is that most of the motor supply to the muscle spindles is largely independent of that of the ordinary muscle fibers, and only a small part is obligatorily…
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Called alpha (α) efferents, these fibers have either a static or a dynamic effect. The physiologically important point is that most of the motor supply to the muscle spindles is largely independent of that of the ordinary muscle fibers, and only a small part is obligatorily…
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