MOTOR FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motor fiber mean? 

• MOTOR FIBER (noun)
  The noun MOTOR FIBER has 1 sense:

1. a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands

  Familiarity information: MOTOR FIBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTOR FIBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

efferent fiber; motor fiber

Hypernyms ("motor fiber" is a kind of...):

nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)

Holonyms ("motor fiber" is a part of...):

efferent; efferent nerve; motor nerve (a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands)

 Context examples 

The motor fibers originate in the oculomotor nuclei of the midbrain.

(Oculomotor Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The abducens nerve originates in the abducens nucleus of the pons and sends motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the eye.

(Abducens Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The oculomotor nerve sends motor fibers to the levator muscles of the eyelid and to the superior rectus, inferior rectus, and inferior oblique muscles of the eye.

(Oculomotor Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)