MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGY

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The function of motor neurons
A
Feeling pain
B
Moving limbs
C
Sweating
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Overall, motor neurons (or motoneurons) comprise various tightly controlled, complex circuits throughout the body that allows for both voluntary and involuntary movements through the innervation of effector muscles and glands.

Detailed explanation-2: -The motor neuron plays a role in the movement, including voluntary and involuntary movements this neuron allow the brain and spinal cord to communicate with muscles, organs, and glands all over the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Motor neurons tell your muscles to move. Sensory neurons take information from your senses and send signals to your brain. Other types of neurons control the things your body does automatically, like breathing, shivering, having a regular heartbeat and digesting food.

Detailed explanation-4: -The lower motor neurons have their cell bodies in the spinal cord (anterior horn cell) and exit the spinal cord to becomethe spinal nerve roots and the nerves that supply the respiratory muscles.

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