Usually means: Functional unit of muscle contraction.
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  1. motor unit: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (neurology) A neuron with its associated muscle fibres.

Similar:
motor neuron, motorneurone, myotome, motorneuron, motoneuron, motoneurone, neuromuscular junction, motor neuron disease, motor nerve, motoraxon, more...

Opposite:
sensory unit, afferent unit, sensory neuron

Phrases:
motor unit action potential, Motor unit recruitment, more...

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Similar:
motor neuron, motorneurone, myotome, motorneuron, motoneuron, motoneurone, neuromuscular junction, motor neuron disease, motor nerve, motoraxon, more...

Opposite:
sensory unit, afferent unit, sensory neuron

Phrases:
motor unit action potential, Motor unit recruitment, more...



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