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fusimotor

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fusimotor /fu·si·mo·tor/ (fu″sĭ-mōt´er) innervating intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle; said of motor nerve fibers of gamma motoneurons.
fu·si·mo·tor (fyz-mtr)
adj.
Relating to the motor innervation of intrafusal muscle fibers by efferent neurons of the gray matter of the spinal cord.
fusimotor
[fyo̅o̅′zimō′tər]
Etymology: L, fusus + motare, to move about
pertaining to the motor nerve fibers, or gamma efferent fibers, that innervate the intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle.
fusimotor
denoting motor nerve fibers (of gamma motoneurons) that innervate intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle.


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