Cell Ontology

Last uploaded: September 26, 2024
Preferred Name

alpha motor neuron
Synonyms

alpha motoneuron

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.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0008038

connected to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0008046

contributor

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-9172

creation_date

2020-09-23T20:16:26Z

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.

has_exact_synonym

alpha motoneuron

label

alpha motor neuron

prefixIRI

CL:0008038

prefLabel

alpha motor neuron

synapsed to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0008046

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0008039

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