Motor Nerve Fiber (Noun)
Meaning
A neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The motor nerve fiber is responsible for transmitting signals from the brain to the muscles, enabling voluntary movements.
- Neuroscientists studied the motor nerve fiber to understand how it controlled the contraction and relaxation of muscles in the human body.
- Damage to the motor nerve fiber can lead to motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- The motor nerve fiber, also known as the efferent nerve fiber, carries signals away from the central nervous system to muscles and glands.
- In a reflex action, sensory nerve fibers carry signals to the spinal cord, which then send signals through motor nerve fibers to respond to the stimulus.