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Motor nerve   /mˈoʊtər nərv/   Listen
Motor nerve

noun
1.
A nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands.  Synonyms: efferent, efferent nerve.



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"Motor nerve" Quotes from Famous Books



... reason ask a man to aerate his lungs with his head submerged in water—when you can expect him to control the movements of his limb while you apply an electric current to its motor nerve—then, but not till then, speak to a confirmed opium-eater of "exerting his will;" reproach him with want of "determination," and complacently say to him, "Cast it from you and bear the torture for a time." Tell him, too, at the ...
— The Opium Habit • Horace B. Day


Words linked to "Motor nerve" :   anterior root, nerve, efferent fiber, pyramidal tract, motoneuron, motor neuron, pyramidal motor system, motor fiber, nervus, efferent neuron, anterior horn, ventral horn, ventral root, corticospinal tract


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