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Last uploaded: April 30, 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

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

RO_0002120

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

subClassOf

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

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