Physical Education A-Level
Motor nerve transmission
What Motor nerve transmission means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Motor nerve transmission
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The sending of motor commands via efferent nerve pathways from the central nervous system to the muscular system, which then contracts to produce the response.
Topics that use Motor nerve transmission
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