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Motor nerve

Introduction: Motor nerve

Description of Motor nerve

Motor nerve: [TA] a nerve composed mostly or entirely of efferent (motor) nerve fibers conveying impulses that excites muscular contraction; motor nerves in the autonomic nervous system also elicit secretions from glandular epithelia. SYN: nervus motorius [TA].
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Motor nerve: a nerve that passes toward or to muscles or glands.
Source: WordNet 2.1

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WordNet 2.1

  • nerve,nervus
  • fascicle,fasciculus,fiber bundle,fibre bundle
  • nerve tissue,nervous tissue
  • animal tissue
  • tissue
  • body part
  • part,piece
  • thing
  • entity

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