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FLOWER-SPRAY ORGAN OF RUFFINI

One of the two types of sensory nerve ending associated with the neuromuscular spindle (the another being the annulospiral ending); in this type, the fibre divisions spread out upon the surface of the intrafusal fibres like a spray of flowers. Synonym: flower-spray organ of Ruffini.
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