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What Is Muscle Tone And What Is Its Purpose?

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What Is Muscle Tone And What Is Its Purpose? Muscle tone is the maintenance of partial contraction of a muscle, important for generating reflexes, maintaining posture and balance, and controlling proper function of other organ systems. Tone is controlled by the sensory muscle spindle, which measures muscle stretch. What is muscle tone and its types?

What Are The Types Of Muscle Spindles?

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What Are The Types Of Muscle Spindles? Nuclear Chain fibers. These fibers are so-named because their nuclei are aligned in a single row (chain) in the center of the fiber. … Static Nuclear Bag fibers. … Dynamic Nuclear Bag fibers. Which muscles have more spindles? Smaller muscles are generally found to have higher spindle densities