Letter M

Motor

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In medicine, having to do with the movement of a part of the body.

Something that produces motion or refers to motion.

For example, a motor neuron is a nerve cell that conveys an impulse to a muscle causing it to contract.

The term 'motor' today is also applied to a nerve that signals a gland to secrete.

Motor is as opposed to sensory

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