Below you will find example sentences with "motor neuron". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Motor Neuron in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 16
  • Discovered as a combination around: motor
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.1 words

Words in this phrase

motor neuron

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • motor can mean: A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. Frequent word
  • neuron can mean: A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses. Less frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

battle with motor neuron disease 2× a human motor neuron can be 1× and lower motor neuron signs in 1× and transmits motor neuron signals to 1× at lower motor neuron level may 1× between a motor neuron and a 1× condition to motor neuron disease 1× died of motor neuron disease mnd 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although for the 1× anatomy and histology 1× charlotte explained that 1× damage to the 1× for example release 1× former rangers player 1×

Common sentence endings:

motor neuron disease 3× and renal diseases 1× diagnosis is made 1× modulate the response 1× neuron disease mnd 1× neuron disease scotland 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

disease 8× lower 4× upper 4× rangers 3× signs 2× limbs 2× neurons 2× former 2× player 2× fernando 2× ricksen 2× passed 2×

Related phrases

motor vehicle ford motor electric motor motor vehicles vegas motor honda motor

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around motor:

honda motor 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

motion pictures motion picture mother grandmother mother day mostly sunny mostly cloudy

Just after it in the phrase index:

motor vehicle motor vehicles mount airy mount desert mount olive mount vernon

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

motor vehicle motor vehicles

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "motor neuron" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as battle with motor neuron disease, a human motor neuron can be, disease, lower and upper stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with motor vehicle, ford motor, electric motor and honda motor, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with motor neuron

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Upper motor neuron damage will not lead to atrophy or fasciculations, but only weakness of the innervated muscles. (18 words)

Former Rangers player and Dutch international footballer Fernando Ricksen has passed away following a long battle with motor neuron disease. (20 words)

This year, the pub aims to contribute to Stonegate’s impressive goal of raising £1 million for Motor Neuron Disease Scotland. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

It was founded in 1989 and promotes and provides the highest standards of Palliative Care in a holistic manner for persons reaching end of life with cancer, motor neuron disease, cardiac, respiratory and renal diseases. (35 words)

Lesions of the lower cervical (C5–T1) region will cause a combination of upper and lower motor neuron signs in the upper limbs, and exclusively upper motor neuron signs in the lower limbs. (33 words)

Although for the simplest reflexes there are short neural paths from sensory neuron to motor neuron, there are also other nearby neurons that participate in the circuit and modulate the response. (31 words)

Example sentences (16)

Lesions of the lower cervical (C5–T1) region will cause a combination of upper and lower motor neuron signs in the upper limbs, and exclusively upper motor neuron signs in the lower limbs.

Although for the simplest reflexes there are short neural paths from sensory neuron to motor neuron, there are also other nearby neurons that participate in the circuit and modulate the response.

Charlotte explained that what she wants to do now is to make more people aware of the illness and compare the condition to motor neuron disease.

This year, the pub aims to contribute to Stonegate’s impressive goal of raising £1 million for Motor Neuron Disease Scotland.

Former Rangers player and Dutch international footballer Fernando Ricksen has passed away following a long battle with motor neuron disease.

Geoff Fary “distinctly” remembers meeting wife Monica Hayes on a training course, almost four decades before she died of motor neuron disease (MND).

In a statement, Rangers FC said: "Rangers is deeply saddened to announce that former player Fernando Ricksen passed away this morning following his battle with motor neuron disease.

It was founded in 1989 and promotes and provides the highest standards of Palliative Care in a holistic manner for persons reaching end of life with cancer, motor neuron disease, cardiac, respiratory and renal diseases.

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Anatomy and histology Diagram of a typical myelinated vertebrate motor neuron Neurons are highly specialized for the processing and transmission of cellular signals.

Damage to the nerve at lower motor neuron level may lead to fasciculations or atrophy of the muscles of the tongue.

For example, release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at a synaptic contact between a motor neuron and a muscle cell induces rapid contraction of the muscle cell.

However, because NMT mimics some symptoms of motor neuron disease (ALS) and other more severe diseases, which may be fatal, there can often be significant anxiety until a diagnosis is made.

The longest axon of a human motor neuron can be over a meter long, reaching from the base of the spine to the toes.

This causes the thalamocortical pathways to become excited and transmits motor neuron signals to the cerebral cortex to allow the initiation of movement, which is absent in Parkinson's disease.

Unlike CBs, gems do not contain small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), but do contain a protein called survival of motor neuron (SMN) whose function relates to snRNP biogenesis.

Upper motor neuron damage will not lead to atrophy or fasciculations, but only weakness of the innervated muscles.

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