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As opposed to the upper motor neurons the lower motor neurons have their cell bodies located in the?
spinal cord as opposed to the brain
Where are located peripheral motor neuron cell bodies?
For spinal nerves, the general somatic efferent motor neurons have their cell bodies located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord (sometimes also called the anterior horn).Some of your cranial nerves also have motor neurons located in various nuclei of the brainstem.
Where are cell bodies of motor neurons to skeletal muscles located?
anterior gray horns
What is the neurotransmitter of alpha-motor neuron?
Alpha-Motor neurons release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at a synapse called the neuromuscular junction. When the acetylcholine binds to acetylcholine receptors on the muscle fiber, an action potential is propagated along the muscle fiber in both directions.
What are two parts of the peripheral nervous system?
sensory neurons and motor neurons
What is the neuron inside the spinal cord?
Alpha motor neurons (α-MNs) are large lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord.
Most lower motor neurons are located where?
Motor neurons are nerve cells that are located in the motor region of the cerebral cortex or brain stem.
Where are somatic motor neurons located?
in the CNS
Which fibers carry action potential to cause skeletal muscles to contract?
Alpha motor neurons
As opposed to the upper motor neurons the lower motor neurons have their cell bodies located in the?
spinal cord as opposed to the brain
Anterior root of the spinal cord is composed of?
The anterior root is composed of nerve fibers responsible for motor activity (i.e. efferent nerve fibers that will stimulate muscles, etc.). I think some of the things it is composed of include:Gamma motor neurons, alpha motor neurons, preganglionic autonomic neurons
What are the general functions of the somatic nervous systems?
The somatic nervous system processes sensory information and controls all voluntary muscular systems within the body, with the exception of reflex arcs. The basic route of nerve signals within the efferent somatic nervous system involves a sequence that begins in the upper cell bodies of motor neurons (upper motor neurons) within the precentral gyrus (which approximates the primary motor cortex). Stimuli from the precentral gyrus are transmitted from upper motor neurons and down the corticospinal tract, via axons to control skeletal (voluntary) muscles. These stimuli are conveyed from upper motor neurons through the ventral horn of the spinal cord, and across synapses to be received by the sensory receptors of alpha motor neuron (large lower motor neurons) of the brainstem and spinal cord. Upper motor neurons release a neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, from their axon terminal knobs, which are received by nicotinic receptors of the alpha motor neurons. In turn, alpha motor neurons relay the stimuli received down their axons via the ventral root of the spinal cord. These signals then proceed to the neuromuscular junctions of skeletal muscles. From there, acetylcholine is released from the axon terminal knobs of alpha motor neurons and received by postsynaptic receptors (Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors) of muscles, thereby relaying the stimulus to contract muscle fibers.
A knee-jerk reflex employs motor neurons and what?
it employs sensory and motor neurons
What neurons carry motor impulses?
Motor neurons
Where are cell bodies of motor neurons to skeletal muscles located?
anterior gray horns
Where are located peripheral motor neuron cell bodies?
For spinal nerves, the general somatic efferent motor neurons have their cell bodies located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord (sometimes also called the anterior horn).Some of your cranial nerves also have motor neurons located in various nuclei of the brainstem.
What is the neurotransmitter of alpha-motor neuron?
Alpha-Motor neurons release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at a synapse called the neuromuscular junction. When the acetylcholine binds to acetylcholine receptors on the muscle fiber, an action potential is propagated along the muscle fiber in both directions.
