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monosynaptic stretch reflex

monosynaptic stretch reflex

a reflex in which there is muscle contraction in response to sudden stretching of a tendon, involving only a sensory neuron, a motor neuron, and the synapse connecting them in the spinal cord. The patellar reflex is a monosynaptic stretch reflex. See also reflex arc.

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