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Which Statement Correctly Describes How Muscle Spindles and Golgi Tendon

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Which statement correctly describes how muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs differ from one another?


A) Muscles spindles are mechanoreceptors, whereas Golgi tendon organs are electroreceptors.
B) Muscles spindles have sensory neurons associated with them, whereas Golgi tendon organs do not.
C) Golgi tendon organs are modified muscle cells embedded within skeletal muscles, whereas muscle spindles are found in ligaments and tendons.
D) Muscle spindles have hair cells, whereas Golgi tendon organs lack hair cells.
E) Golgi tendon organs provide the central nervous system with information about the force generated by a contracting muscle, whereas muscle spindles provide information about stretching of muscles.

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