dictionary help| intrinsic reflex | medical dictionary |
A reflex muscular contraction elicited by the application of a stimulus, usually stretching, to the muscle itself as opposed to a muscular contraction caused by an extrinsic stimulus, e.g., skin, as in the abdominal skin reflex's.
(05 Mar 2000)
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