motor nerve

/ˌmoʊdər ˈnʌrv/

Other forms: motor nerves

Definitions of motor nerve

1. noun

   a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
   synonyms: efferent, efferent nerve

   types:

   anterior horn, anterior root, ventral horn, ventral root

   one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers

   corticospinal tract, pyramidal motor system, pyramidal tract

   any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord

   type of:

   nerve, nervus

   any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body