Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 41.2, Problem 1BC
Summary Introduction
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The organs containing stretch-sensitive receptors.
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Stretch-sensitive receptors are muscles that respond to certain stress and action done to it. It is of 4 major types namely Golgi organ, Muscle Spindle, Pulmonary stretch receptors and Chordotonal organs.
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