What part of the brain is the motor command center?

Answer 1

The brain is the centre of the human nervous system and it sends out most of the commands (some outomatic decision do not require the brain such a flinching when you touch something really hot). Commands are sent down the nerve in the spinal column

Answer 2

Many parts of the central nervous system control motor activity. Voluntary motor activity is initiated by the pre-central gyrus of the cerebrum. Fine motor activity is modified by the cerebellum via the thalamus (the relay station of the brain). Involuntary movements in the gut are controlled by the enteric nervous system. Involuntary movement elsewhere in the body is initiated as a response to a stimulus in the spinal cord (autonomic nervous system). Cardiac muscle contraction is myogenic meaning that the wave of excitement causing the contraction comes from the SA node within the heart itself and the rate is modified by the cardiac centre in the medulla oblongata in the brain stem.

Answer 3

One of the brain areas most involved in controlling these voluntary movements is the motor cortex. The motor cortex is located in the rear portion of the frontal lobe, just before the central sulcus (furrow) that separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe.

Answer 4

Both the cerebellum and the basal nuclei (also called the basal ganglia) are the pre-command centers of the brain.