| Term: | motor neuron axon arborization |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | motor neuron |
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| Synonyms: | motoneuron |
| Definition: | An efferent neuron that passes from the central nervous system or a ganglion toward or to a muscle and conducts an impulse that causes movement. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009052] |
| Name: | axon arborization |
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| Definition: | The process in which the terminal anatomical structures of an axon are generated and organized into branches of specialised projections, or boutons. An axon is the long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminal branches. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0140060] QuickGO AmiGO |