Sentences with phrase «efferent motor»

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In vertebrates, motor neurons (also called motoneurons) are efferent neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers to facilitate muscle contraction and with muscle spindles to modify proprioceptive sensitivity.

Efferent fibers are projections of motor neurons that control the gut's motility.

This electrical potential is produced in consequence of electrical signals sent from the brain, along efferent nerves that control motor units (Baylor & Hollingworth, 2011; Smith et al. 2013).

The efferent nerves are called alpha motor neurons.

Unlike the action potential that travels in a single direction along the efferent nerve, the propagating MAP travels in both directions along the muscle fiber from the motor point.