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... nerve ending Golgi tendon organ neuromuscular spindle muscle fibre gamma motor fibre Figure 33 : Sensory structures of muscle , tendon , and joint . Arrows indicate direction of conduction . ( Motor nerves and motor nerve endings on ...
... nerve ending Golgi tendon organ neuromuscular spindle muscle fibre gamma motor fibre Figure 33 : Sensory structures of muscle , tendon , and joint . Arrows indicate direction of conduction . ( Motor nerves and motor nerve endings on ...
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... nerve fibres pass to the opposite side of the brain . The fibres of the optic tracts relay their messages to nerve cells in those parts of the diencephalon called the lateral geniculate bodies , and from the lateral geniculate bodies ...
... nerve fibres pass to the opposite side of the brain . The fibres of the optic tracts relay their messages to nerve cells in those parts of the diencephalon called the lateral geniculate bodies , and from the lateral geniculate bodies ...
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... nerve fibres located at the basal end of the hair cell , stimulating them to send an electrical signal along the cochlear nerve . COCHLEAR NERVE AND CENTRAL AUDITORY PATHWAYS Auditory nerve fibres . The vestibulocochlear nerve con ...
... nerve fibres located at the basal end of the hair cell , stimulating them to send an electrical signal along the cochlear nerve . COCHLEAR NERVE AND CENTRAL AUDITORY PATHWAYS Auditory nerve fibres . The vestibulocochlear nerve con ...
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