motor cortex
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of motor cortex
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The basal ganglia receives signals from the motor cortex as skaters leap and twirl in the air.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024
The device recorded activity from each patient's speech motor cortex as it coordinated nearly 100 muscles that move the lips, tongue, jaw, and larynx.
From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023
They also included one motor cortex dissection from a female donor that had been used in previous studies.
From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2023
The motor cortex of the brain sends rapid signals to your muscles to prepare them for quick and forceful movements.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023
The nature of the movement is very fairly constant for separate points of this motor cortex as observed both in the same and in similar experiments.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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