Fig. 28. Drawing of a Golgi tendon organ in a human extraocular muscle. A single afferent fiber has trifurcated (top) and ramifies into a multitude of branches that surround and insinuate themselves between the tendon fibers. The capsule is not shown. (Ciaccio GV: Sur les plaques nerveuses finales dans des vertèbres. Arch Ital Biol 14:31, 1891.) |