Somatic motor system

one of three major muscle types

junction between the axon of a motor neuron and a muscle fiber

functional unit which consists of a single motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers that it innervates

muscle contraction in response to stretching within the muscle

large lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord

cell type

control effector organs, mainly muscles and glands

In neurology, the Bereitschaftspotential or BP (German for "readiness potential"), also called the pre-motor potential or readiness potential (RP), is a measure of activity in the motor cortex and supplementary motor area of the brain leading up to voluntary muscle movement. The BP is a manifestation of cortical contribution to the pre-motor planning of volitional movement. It was first recorded and reported in 1964 by Hans Helmut Kornhuber and Lüder Deecke at the University of Freiburg in Germany. In 1965 the full publication appeared after many control experiments.

cell type