motor
" The Motor Strip is like a headband between the frontal and parietal lobes, which enables different kinds of movements ..."
"You may think that a sensory or motor neuron is like one long wire running through your body. Not so! In fact, neurons are more like small noodles, lined up in a row but not actually connected."
The linked page has numerous analogies that help to describe a motor neuron.
"Refined motor skills are like "autopilot." Even in light of fatigue, you'll know how to correct your form. "
"So if motor skills are like natural language, then maybe we can apply things we know about the latter to the former. "Natural" motor skills: their fluidity, robustness to perturbation, and extremely precise yet very compliant control, are hard for robots perhaps the same way language is hard for computers."
The actions of the character in the game is decided by the video game controller
There is a commonality in terms of energy conversion. Windmills convert wind energy into mechanical energy. The energy generated is used to do something useful like turn an electrical generator or run a water pump. Motor proteins do something like this in that they take the chemical energy from ATP and convert it into the mechanical motion of muscle proteins such as myosin.
"Motor neurons are like the strings of a marionette, with interneurons directing which strings are to be pulled, and in what order"
"Finally, the motor neurons are like the busboy/busser: they're the person who brings you your food. They bring you the final product once all
the other parts of the process are finished."
They are the last step in the mail delivery process.
"We wondered if bassoon motor skills are like batting practice, but performing music is more like the design of a play or a strategy."
"the primary motor association area is like a map of the body as it contains neurons that control contractions of muscles in different parts of the body. adjacent muscles are controlled
by adjacent neurons."
"the primary motor association area is like a map of the body as it contains neurons that control contractions of muscles in different parts of the body. adjacent muscles are controlled by adjacent neurons"
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