extrafusal

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Describing a muscle fibre that are attached to a bone by a fibrous extension (a tendon)

Similar words

extrafascial intrafusal extrafascicular extraarticular extraligamentous extraskeletal extraosseous extrafibrillary extrabursal extra-articular

Often followed by

muscle fibers fibres and contraction fiber skeletal muscles motor fibre