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MOTOR REGION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does motor region mean?
• MOTOR REGION (noun)
The noun MOTOR REGION has 1 sense:
1. the cortical area that influences motor movements
Familiarity information: MOTOR REGION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cortical area that influences motor movements
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
excitable area; motor area; motor cortex; motor region; Rolando's area
Hypernyms ("motor region" is a kind of...):
cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)
Context examples
A small bundle of ipsilateral neuronal fibers originating in the motor region of the cerebral cortex that descend down the spinal cord.
(Direct Pyramidal Tract, NCI Thesaurus)
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