lower motor neuron

A neuron within the spinal cord, rhombencephalon or mesencephalon characterized by an axon the leaves the central nervous system to directly innervate striated muscle or synapse on a preganglionic neuron that innervates smooth muscle or secretory gland. Pathology: - lesions result in lower motor neuron signs

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References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999