loading...| Preferred Name | alpha motor neuron | |
| Synonyms |
alpha motoneuron |
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| Definitions |
A large, multipolar lower motor neuron of the brainstem and spinal cord that innervates the extrafusal muscle fibers of skeletal muscle and are directly responsible for initiating their contraction. While their cell bodies are in the CNS (in the anterior gray horn of the spinal cord), they are part of the somatic nervous system - a branch of the PNS. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0008038 |
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| alternative label |
alpha motoneuron |
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| creation date |
2020-09-23T20:16:26Z |
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| definition |
A large, multipolar lower motor neuron of the brainstem and spinal cord that innervates the extrafusal muscle fibers of skeletal muscle and are directly responsible for initiating their contraction. While their cell bodies are in the CNS (in the anterior gray horn of the spinal cord), they are part of the somatic nervous system - a branch of the PNS. |
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alpha motoneuron |
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| label |
alpha motor neuron |
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| prefixIRI |
CL:0008038 |
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| prefLabel |
alpha motor neuron |
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| textual definition |
A large, multipolar lower motor neuron of the brainstem and spinal cord that innervates the extrafusal muscle fibers of skeletal muscle and are directly responsible for initiating their contraction. While their cell bodies are in the CNS (in the anterior gray horn of the spinal cord), they are part of the somatic nervous system - a branch of the PNS. |
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