title: Where Anatomy led, Physiology followed: a survey of our developing understanding of the muscle spindle, what it does and how it works.
authors.affiliation: Emeritus Professor of Sensorimotor Physiology, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK.
authors.forename: Peter B C
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D009470:Muscle Spindles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009476:Neurons, Efferent / Q000502:physiology; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history*