stretch receptors


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stretch re·cep·tors

receptors that are sensitive to elongation, especially those in Golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles, but also those found in visceral organs such as the stomach, small intestine, and urinary bladder; these receptors have the function of detecting elongation, and this distinguishes them from baroreceptors, which actually are activated by stretching of the wall of the blood vessel but the function of the stretch receptors is to elicit the central reflex mechanism reducing the arterial blood pressure.

stretch re·cep·tors

(strech rĕ-sep'tŏrz)
Receptors that are sensitive to elongation, especially those in Golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles, but also those found in visceral organs such as the stomach, small intestine, and urinary bladder.

stretch re·cep·tors

(strech rĕ-sep'tŏrz)
Receptors sensitive to elongation, especially those in Golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles, but also those found in visceral organs.

stretch receptors,

n.pl the specialized sensory nerve endings in muscle spindles and tendons that are stimulated by stretching movements. They are active in maintaining dynamic posture.
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Hunt CC, Kuffler SW: Stretch receptor discharges during muscle contraction.
Golgi tendon organs: Neuroscience update with relevance to stretching and proprioception in dancers
One alternate atmospheric pressure detection mechanism that has been proposed for mammals is in the function of stretch receptors in the tympanic membrane (Rockley and Hawke, 1992).
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Influence of lung stretch receptors on the cough reflex in rabbits.
Sensitivity of the cough reflex in young and elderly subjects
In normal breathing after a particular degree of stretching or even before this, stretch receptors (situated in the walls of the alveoli) are stimulated and send information to the respiratory center so that exhalation sets in.
Effects of short-term practice of pranayama in healthy asymptomatic individuals on the respiratory parameters
The stretch receptors are thus trained to withstand more and more stretching which helps to hold the breath for a long period.
Effect of Savitri Pranayama practice on respiratory parameters in healthy individuals
In the lung, stretch receptors in the airway smooth muscle and irritant receptors found adjacent to bronchial epithelial cells stimulate increases in minute ventilation when the lung is in need of a stretch or deep breath for muscle tenor.
Control of ventilation and hypercapnic studies
Phase-dependent influences of wing stretch receptors on flight rhythm in the lcust.
Increasing Sensor Flexibility Through Neuromodulation
STRETCH RECEPTORS IN THE MAMMALIAN TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.
Stretch Receptors in the Mammalian Tympanic Membrane. (Biological Science Section)
Some researchers think endothelial cells contain mechanosensors that act as stretch receptors or, as Dewey puts it, "biological strain gauges.
Thicker than water: biochemistry blends with fluid dynamics to yield a vascular science
In our present study both PEFR & BHT were increased significantly because stimulation of the pulmonary stretch receptors due to maximum inflation of the lung during deep breathing reflexly relaxes the smooth muscles of tracheo bronchial tree.
Effect of "deep breathing" on pulmonary functions in healthy young individuals
From these biomechanical results, we conclude that the lateral flagellum could measure water motion with two different types of sensors: external flow detectors that would analyze relative water flow over the flagellar surface, and intersegmental stretch receptors that would measure flagellar bending.
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