Proprioception

What is proprioception?

What does proprioception detect? What does kinesthesia detect?

Give the three types of mechanoreceptors.

Where are muscles spindles found?

Give the two types of muscle spindle, are they high or low in numbers, what does each of them detect?

Where is the primary ending found? what nerve type is attaches to this part of the muscle spindle?

What nerve attaches to secondary endings of a nerve fiber?

How does the firing rate differ between nuclear bag fibers and nuclear chain fibers?

What is the purpose of the fusimotor system?

What nerve fiber is connected to the Golgi tendon organ?

What type of tension can the golgi tendon organ sense?

What do joint receptors detect. What is the problem with them?