• In biology, a motor unit is made up of a motor neuron and all of the skeletal muscle fibers innervated by the neuron's axon terminals, including the neuromuscular...
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    Motor unit recruitment is the activation of additional motor units to accomplish an increase in contractile strength in a muscle. A motor unit consists...
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  • The motor unit consists of a voluntary alpha motoneuron and all of the collective muscle fibers that it controls, known as the effector muscle. The alpha...
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    motor neuron may synapse with 150 muscle fibers on average. The motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers to which it connects is a motor unit. Motor...
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    slower motor neurons to remain active. A motor unit is defined as one motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates. When a motor unit fires...
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  • right force at the right time. A single motor neuron and the muscle fibers it innervates are called a motor unit. For example, the rectus femoris contains...
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  • Motor unit number estimation (MUNE) is a technique that uses electromyography to estimate the number of motor units in a muscle. A motor unit consists...
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    condition's cause. In SPS patients, motor-unit neurons fire involuntarily in a way that resembles a normal contraction. Motor-unit potentials fire while the patient...
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    with the motor vehicles receiving the current via intra-unit connections. Many modern two-car EMU sets are set up as twin or "married pair" units. While...
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  • between properties of motor neurons and the muscle fibers they innervate and thus control, which together are called motor units. Motor neurons with large...
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