Sherwood- Chapter 8

Objective:  To recognize that the brain must receive information about the body’s position with respect to the environment.

1.  Muscle receptors
        a.  muscle spindles
        b.  Golgi tendon organs
2.  Stretch receptors
        a.  detect changes in length during stretching
        b.  detect speed of the change in length
3.  Muscle spindle function
        a.  stretch reflex
        b.  gamma motor neurons
        c.  coactivation