EBK FUNDAMENTALS OF ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOG
EBK FUNDAMENTALS OF ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOG
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ISBN: 8220103631778
Author: Bartholomew
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 15, Problem 22RQ
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The individual is able to move or walk again as he is suffered from fractured skull when a beam falls on his head and there is severe damage to the primary motor cortex.

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Primary motor cortexes also called upper motor neuron and they have the neurons in which cell bodies lies in a CNS processing center. The density of motor units involved in controlling the region is directly proportional to the area of primary motor cortex for the specific body regions.

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