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motor nerve

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motor nerve [′mōd·ər ‚nərv]
(neuroscience)
A nerve composed wholly or principally of motor fibers.


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Measurements of motor nerve conduction latencies associated with 6 facial muscles (frontalis, orbicularis oculi, orbicularis otis, zygomaticus major, nasalis, and triangularis) were obtained 3 months prior to and immediately prior to the commencement of ES treatment and after 6 months of ES treatment.
They are significantly more likely to affect sensory nerves than motor nerves.
More recently, investigators demonstrated that, in the development of lead neuropathy, sensory nerve fibers are affected earlier than motor nerve fibers (Chuang et al.
 
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