alpha nerve fiber

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Introduction

Afferent & efferent fibers, myelinated.

Fast conduction: 80-120 meters/second

Motor neuron impulses

Afferent impulses from muscle spindles & tendon organs

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999