Definition of Motor nerve fiber

1. Noun. A neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord.

Exact synonyms: Efferent Neuron, Motoneuron, Motor Neuron
Generic synonyms: Nerve Cell, Neuron
Group relationships: Efferent, Efferent Nerve, Motor Nerve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Motor Nerve Fiber

motor glider
motor gliders
motor home
motor homes
motor horn
motor hotel
motor image
motor inn
motor insurance
motor lodge
motor memory
motor mouth
motor mouths
motor mower
motor nerve
motor nerve fiber (current term)
motor nerve of face
motor neuron
motor neuron disease
motor neuron diseases
motor neurons
motor nuclei
motor nucleus of facial nerve
motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve
motor nucleus of trigeminus
motor oculi
motor oil
motor oils
motor paralysis
motor plate

Literary usage of Motor nerve fiber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Hermon C. Gordinier (1899)
"In reptiles, however, two or more end organs are frequently found in a single muscle-fiber. Each motor nerve-fiber as it passes into the muscle repeatedly ..."

2. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"This fact has been interpreted to mean that, in the neuromuscular complex involved in a muscular contraction—namely, motor nerve cell, motor nerve fiber, ..."

3. Human Physiology: A Text-book for High Schools and Colleges by Percy Goldthwait Stiles (1916)
"Each end-plate is the terminus of a branch of a motor nerve fiber. A motor nerve fiber, or more precisely its axon, is an outgrowth from a cell in the gray ..."

4. Essentials of physiology by Sidney Payne Budgett (1915)
"... the result of this is that if one branch of a motor nerve-fiber be stimulated near its muscular termination, the impulse which passes up the fiber ..."

5. A Text-book of Physiology by Isaac Ott (1909)
"Kadi muscle-fiber receives a motor nerve-fiber. The trunk of the motor nerve, as a rule, entere the muscle at its geometrical center (Schwalbe); thus; ..."

6. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"A residual motor nerve fiber can send out additional branches to make connections with muscle fibers that have lost their nerve connections. ..."

7. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Hermon C. Gordinier (1899)
"In reptiles, however, two or more end organs are frequently found in a single muscle-fiber. Each motor nerve-fiber as it passes into the muscle repeatedly ..."

8. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"This fact has been interpreted to mean that, in the neuromuscular complex involved in a muscular contraction—namely, motor nerve cell, motor nerve fiber, ..."

9. Human Physiology: A Text-book for High Schools and Colleges by Percy Goldthwait Stiles (1916)
"Each end-plate is the terminus of a branch of a motor nerve fiber. A motor nerve fiber, or more precisely its axon, is an outgrowth from a cell in the gray ..."

10. Essentials of physiology by Sidney Payne Budgett (1915)
"... the result of this is that if one branch of a motor nerve-fiber be stimulated near its muscular termination, the impulse which passes up the fiber ..."

11. A Text-book of Physiology by Isaac Ott (1909)
"Kadi muscle-fiber receives a motor nerve-fiber. The trunk of the motor nerve, as a rule, entere the muscle at its geometrical center (Schwalbe); thus; ..."

12. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"A residual motor nerve fiber can send out additional branches to make connections with muscle fibers that have lost their nerve connections. ..."

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