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Muscle Spindles and Intramuscular Ganglia

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Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of the Larynx

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Information on degree and speed of muscle contraction from within a muscle is necessary in controlling muscle contraction. Muscle spindles are sensory receptors and a source of such information. They consist of fine muscle fibers with an independent motor innervation within a small spindle-shaped capsule of connective tissue embedded in the skeletal muscles. The fine intrafusal muscle fibers are innervated by sensory nerve fibers. The morphology and innervation of intrafusal muscle fibers have been studied, and studies on the physiology of muscle spindles have shown that they may provide not only static information on muscle length and tension but also dynamic information such as contraction speed. In the intrinsic laryngeal muscles, small ganglia of neuronal cell bodies situated within the muscles have been studied and may be part of the sensory innervation of the larynx.

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Koike, S., Mukudai, S., Hisa, Y. (2016). Muscle Spindles and Intramuscular Ganglia. In: Hisa, Y. (eds) Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of the Larynx. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55750-0_2

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