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Motor nerves


Motor nerves are the nerves responsible for all voluntary skeletal and somatic movement such as moving the leg or arm.

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Review Date: 4/30/2007
Reviewed By: Joseph V. Campellone, M.D., Division of Neurology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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