Medical Definition of Gamma motor system

1. The reflex arc consisting of small anterior horn cells and neuroma, their small fibres projecting to the intrafusal bundle producing its contraction, which initiates the afferent impulses that pass through the posterior root to the anterior horn cells, inducing a stretch reflex. Synonym: gamma motor neurons, gamma motor system, Granit's loop. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamma Motor System

gamma decay
gamma decays
gamma efferent
gamma emission
gamma encephalography
gamma fibres
gamma function
gamma globulin
gamma globulins
gamma hydroxybutyrate
gamma iron
gamma knife
gamma knives
gamma loop
gamma motor neurons
gamma motor system (current term)
gamma particle
gamma radiation
gamma ray
gamma ray knife
gamma rays
gamma toxin
gammacism
gammadia
gammadion
gammadions
gammaglobulinemia
gammagram
gammaherpesviral
gammaherpesvirinae

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