neurotendinous spindle


Gol·gi ten·don or·gan

(gol'jē), a proprioceptive sensory nerve ending embedded among the fibers of a tendon, often near the musculotendinous junction; it is compressed and activated by any increase of the tendon's tension, caused either by active contraction or passive stretch of the corresponding muscle. Synonym(s): neurotendinous organ, neurotendinous spindle

Gol·gi ten·don or·gan

(GTO) (gol'jē ten'dŏn ōr'găn) A proprioceptive sensory nerve ending embedded among the fibers of a tendon, often near the musculotendinous junction; it is activated by any increase of tension in the tendon, caused either by active contraction or passive stretch of the corresponding muscle.
Synonym(s): neurotendinous spindle.

Golgi,

Camillo, Italian histologist and Nobel laureate, 1844-1926. Golgi apparatus - a membranous system of cisternae and vesicles concerned with intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins. Synonym(s): dictyosome; Golgi body; Golgi complex; Golgi internal reticulum; Holmgrén-Golgi canalsGolgi body - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatusGolgi cellsGolgi complex - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatusGolgi corpuscleGolgi internal reticulum - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatusGolgi osmiobichromate fixative - an osmic-bichromate mixture used to demonstrate nerve cells and their processes.Golgi stain - any of several methods for staining nerve cells, nerve fibers, and neuroglia.Golgi tendon organ - a proprioceptive sensory nerve ending embedded among the fibers of a tendon. Synonym(s): neurotendinous organ; neurotendinous spindleGolgi zone - part of the cytoplasm occupied by the Golgi apparatus.Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle - an encapsulated sensory nerve ending.Holmgrén-Golgi canals - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatus