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Medical Term:

anulospiral ending

 

Definition: one of two types of sensory nerve ending associated with a neuromuscular spindle (the other being the flower-spray ending); after entering the muscle spindle, the fiber divides into two flat, ribbonlike branches that wind themselves in rings or spirals about the intrafusal muscle fibers.

Synonym(s): anulospiral organ

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