MOTOR CONTROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motor control mean? 

• MOTOR CONTROL (noun)
  The noun MOTOR CONTROL has 1 sense:

1. control of muscles

  Familiarity information: MOTOR CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTOR CONTROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Control of muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("motor control" is a kind of...):

control ((physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc)

 Context examples 

The pars compacta nerve cells contain melanin and are involved in motor control.

(Pars Compacta, NCI Thesaurus)

The motor disorder may range from difficulties with fine motor control to severe spasticity (see MUSCLE SPASTICITY) in all limbs.

(Cerebral Palsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A region of the brain located in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere; it plays an essential role in the motor control of speech.

(Area of Broca, NCI Thesaurus)

It was ascertained that the virus replicated in the brain of the adult animal and preferred areas linked to memory and motor control.

(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)

This drug also binds to dopamine D2 receptors in the corpus striatum, thereby mimicking the actions of dopamine on motor control.

(Cabergoline, NCI Thesaurus)

While there are many different types of seizures, in most patients with epilepsy, neurons in the brain start firing and signal to neighbouring neurons to fire as well, in a snowball effect that can affect consciousness or motor control.

(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)