Stretch reflex - Wikipedia
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OverviewStructuresExamplesSpinal controlSupraspinal controlClinical significanceSee alsoExternal linksThe stretch reflex (myotatic reflex), or more accurately "muscle stretch reflex", is a muscle contraction in response to stretching within the muscle. The reflex functions to maintain the muscle at a constant length. The term deep tendon reflex is often wrongfully used by many health workers and students to refer to this reflex. "Tendons have little to do with the response, other than being responsible for mechanically transmitting the sudden stretch from the reflex hammer to the mus…
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