motor neuron

neuron with cell body in the motor cortex, brainstem or the spinal cord, and axon controlling effector organs, mainly muscles and glands
Thing cell_type Q1133903
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motor neuron

Summary

motor neuron is a cell type[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of cell_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • motor neuron's image is recorded as Medulla oblongata - posterior - cn xii - very high mag.jpg[3].
  • motor neuron's instance of is recorded as cell type[4].
  • motor neuron's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[5].
  • motor neuron's GND ID is recorded as 4135747-4[6].
  • motor neuron's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85087586[7].
  • motor neuron's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119383038[8].
  • motor neuron's subclass of is recorded as neuron[9].
  • motor neuron's subclass of is recorded as efferent neurons[10].
  • motor neuron's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[11].
  • motor neuron's Commons category is recorded as Motor neurons[12].
  • motor neuron's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009046[13].
  • motor neuron's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 52641[14].
  • motor neuron's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013ytz[15].
  • motor neuron's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.675.655.500[16].
  • motor neuron's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.671.655.500[17].
  • motor neuron's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph543016[18].
  • motor neuron's Interlex ID is recorded as nifext_103[19].
  • motor neuron's presynaptic connection is recorded as primary motor cortex[20].
  • motor neuron's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 573.8536[21].
  • motor neuron's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 611.0188[22].
  • motor neuron's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 612.83[23].
  • motor neuron's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0125046[24].
  • motor neuron's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A14.2.00.021[25].
  • motor neuron's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 83617[26].
  • motor neuron's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/motor-neuron[27].

Why It Matters

motor neuron ranks in the top 10% of cell_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . NeuroLex. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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