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A group of nuclei lying deep in the subcortical white matter of the frontal lobes that organize motor behavior.
Answer: Basal Ganglia: The caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus are the major components of the basal ganglia; the subthalamic nucleus and substantia nigra are often included.
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Prominent hindbrain structure concerned with motor coordination, posture, and balance. Composed of a three-layered cortex and deep nuclei; attached to the brainstem by the cerebellar peduncles.
Answer: Cerebellum
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By common usage, any nerve cell that innervates skeletal muscle.
Answer: motor neuron
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The collection of motor neurons that innervates a single muscle.
Answer: motor neuron pool
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A motor neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates; more loosely, the collection of skeletal muscle fibers innervated by a single motor neuron.
Answer: motor unit
6.
Highly specialized sensory organs found in most skeletal muscles; provide mechanosensory information about muscle length.
Answer: muscle spindles
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