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MOTOR NEURONS

"MOTOR NEURONS" is a plural of: motor neuron.


Specialty Definition: MOTOR NEURONS

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Health

Neurons which activate muscle cells. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MOTOR NEURONS

English words defined with "MOTOR NEURONS": corticospinal tractneuromuscular blocking agentpyramidal motor system, pyramidal tract. (references)
Specialty definitions using "MOTOR NEURONS": Accessory Nerve Diseases, Anterior Horn CellsMotor Neurons, GammaRetrograde Degenerationshoemaker's paralysis. (references)

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Photo Album: MOTOR NEURONS

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The poliovirus has an affinity for the anterior horn motor neurons of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Death of these cells causes muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MOTOR NEURONS

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Health

Riluzole is believed to reduce damage to motor neurons by decreasing the release of glutamate. (references)

Large motor neurons have long axons that control skeletal muscles in the neck, torso, and limbs. (references)

In ALS, both the upper motor neurons and the lower motor neurons degenerate or die, ceasing to send messages to muscles. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: MOTOR NEURONS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-m-n-n-o-o-o-r-r-s-t-u"

-1 letter: motoneurons.

-2 letters: motoneuron.

-3 letters: monotones, moonstone, storeroom.

-4 letters: enormous, mesotron, monotone, monteros, monurons, mounters, mourners, neutrons, nonmetro, notornes, outsnore, remounts, restroom, roseroot.

-5 letters: enroots, mentors, monsoon, monster, montero, monuron, moonset, mooters, mounter, mourner, moutons, munster, neurons, neuston, neutron, nonuser, nostrum, oestrum, onerous, remount, returns, roomers, rooster, rooters, rostrum, rouster, routers, runners, snorter, sternum, stunner, sunroom.

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Alternative Orthography: MOTOR NEURONS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 4F 54 4F 52      4E 45 55 52 4F 4E 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001111 01010100 01001111 01010010 00100000 01001110 01000101 01010101 01010010 01001111 01001110 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#79 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#32 &#78 &#69 &#85 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 004F 0054 004F 0052      004E 0045 0055 0052 004F 004E 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4749544952248395552494853

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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