motor area — noun the cortical area that influences motor movements • Syn: ↑motor region, ↑motor cortex, ↑Rolando s area, ↑excitable area • Hypernyms: ↑cortical area, ↑cortical region … Useful english dictionary
Supplementary motor area — The supplementary motor area (SMA) is a part of the sensorimotor cerebral cortex (perirolandic, i.e. on each side of the Rolando or central sulcus). It was included, on purely cytoarchitectonic arguments, in area 6 of Brodmann and the Vogts. It… … Wikipedia
Motor imagery — is a mental process by which an individual rehearses or simulates a given action. It is widely used in sport training (AKA, Mental Practice of Action), neurological rehabilitation, and has also been employed as a research paradigm in cognitive… … Wikipedia
Motor coordination — is shown in this animated sequence by Eadweard Muybridge of himself throwing a disk Motor coordination is the combination of body movements created with the kinematic (such as spatial direction) and kinetic (force) parameters that result in… … Wikipedia
motor cortex — n the cortex of a motor area also the motor areas as a functional whole * * * the region of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for initiating nerve impulses that bring about voluntary activity in the muscles of the body. It is possible to… … Medical dictionary
supplementary motor area — an area in the gyrus frontalis medius just above the cingulate gyrus and anterior to the part of the first somatomotor area that mediates movements of the lower extremity … Medical dictionary
Motor cortex — Topography of human motor cortex. Different body parts are represented by distinct areas, lined up along a fold called the central sulcus. Motor cortex is a term that describes regions of the cerebral cortex involved in the planning, control, and … Wikipedia
area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO … Medical dictionary
motor cortex — noun the cortical area that influences motor movements • Syn: ↑motor area, ↑motor region, ↑Rolando s area, ↑excitable area • Hypernyms: ↑cortical area, ↑cortical region … Useful english dictionary
motor region — noun the cortical area that influences motor movements • Syn: ↑motor area, ↑motor cortex, ↑Rolando s area, ↑excitable area • Hypernyms: ↑cortical area, ↑cortical region … Useful english dictionary
