MOTORUNIT

Motor unit

A motor unit is made up of a motor neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers innervated by that axon. Groups of motor units often work together to coordinate the contractions of a single muscle; all of the motor units within a muscle are considered a motor pool.

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motor unit

Noun

  1. A neuron with its associated muscle fibres.


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