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"MOTOR NEURONS" is a plural of: motor neuron. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Neurons which activate muscle cells. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: MOTOR NEURONS |
| English words defined with "MOTOR NEURONS": corticospinal tract ♦ neuromuscular blocking agent ♦ pyramidal motor system, pyramidal tract. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MOTOR NEURONS": Accessory Nerve Diseases, Anterior Horn Cells ♦ Motor Neurons, Gamma ♦ Retrograde Degeneration ♦ shoemaker's paralysis. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | 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. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
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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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)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001111 01010100 01001111 01010010 00100000 01001110 01000101 01010101 01010010 01001111 01001110 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M O T O R   N E U R O N S |
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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