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tendon organs
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tendon organs,
n.pl protective tendinous and musculotendinous structures that sense stretch or tension in the tendons.
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Golgi tendon organ reflex (6,19,22,27)) in the muscle.
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Six seconds is used because, according to the neurophysiology of the muscle, it takes at least six seconds for the Golgi tendon organ to send impulses that trigger the muscle to relax and become receptive to the stretch.
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Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs are both proprioceptors.
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