Inhibition of the electrical activity in the stretched TM occurs due to the neurons’ continuation of firing in the TM,the contraction of the antagonist muscles would be resisted and diminished by the force of the TM continuing to receive signals to contract On a spinal level, Ia afferent fibers enter the spinal cord and give off collateral branches that interact with interneurons in the spine, which then send signals to the alpha-motoneuron in the GTOs of the TM. The effect of this connection is inhibitory and causes relaxation of the TM