Motor pool

Motor pool
For a pool or group of motor vehicles, see fleet vehicle.

In neuroscience, a motor pool refers to a group of motor spinal neurons that innervate the same muscle. The biological significance of motor pool organization is in the fact that motor pools with many neurons produce finer movements. For example, the motor unit of muscles in the torso will control more muscle fibers and so cannot discriminate and selectively contract one particular fiber over another. In fingers, the muscles will have a higher proportion of neurons innervating similar muscles, thus allowing for more precise movements.

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  • motor pool — ☆ motor pool n. a group of motor vehicles kept, as at a military installation, for use as needed by personnel …   English World dictionary

  • motor pool — n AmE a group of cars, trucks, and other vehicles that are available for people in a particular part of the government or army to use …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • motor pool — noun a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑fleet * * * noun : a group of motor vehicles controlled by a single governmental agency whether or not assembled in one place… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • motor pool — noun (C) AmE car pool 1 (2) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • motor pool — noun Date: 1942 a group of motor vehicles centrally controlled (as by a governmental agency) and dispatched for use as needed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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