MOTOR NERVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does motor nerve mean?
• MOTOR NERVE (noun)
The noun MOTOR NERVE has 1 sense:
1. a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
Familiarity information: MOTOR NERVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOTOR NERVE (noun)
Meaning:
A nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
efferent; efferent nerve; motor nerve
Hypernyms ("motor nerve" is a kind of...):
nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)
Meronyms (parts of "motor nerve"):
efferent neuron; motoneuron; motor nerve fiber; motor neuron (a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "motor nerve"):
corticospinal tract; pyramidal motor system; pyramidal tract (any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral horn of the spinal cord)
