Nerves · Nervous System · Easy

Motor

Meaning: Relating to nerves or neurons that carry signals from the brain to muscles to produce movement.

In practice: Damage to motor neurons causes weakness or paralysis of the muscles they supply.

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Which word means: A network of intersecting nerves that supply a region of the body.

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