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Motor Systems- Tracts, UMN & LMN
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Motorneurons
Usually very large & multipolar
Many located in CNS and project axons outside to directly or indirectly control muscle actions
Long axons that travel to an effector organ- a muscle or a gland
They are the final common pathway for getting things done
Classified according to their targets e.g. somatic, visceral or autonomic
Different Types of Motoneurons
- Somatic motoneurons which supply voluntary ('striated') muscle
- Visceral (autonomic) motoneurons which supply involuntary ('smooth') muscle, cardiac muscle and glands
- Special neurosecretory motoneurons in the hypothalamus
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Basic Components
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- Neuroscience (Motor Systems) Note on Motor Systems- Tracts, UMN & LMN, created by Maddeline Terriaca on 03/10/2016.
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- Maddeline Terriaca · Oct 2016
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