A nerve which runs down to a muscle and controls its movement.

A nerve that contains axons from motor neurons, and thereby transmits impulses away from the central nervous system.

a nerve that carries messages to a muscle that cause the muscle to contract

A nerve composed entirely of motor fibers. The nerves that control how tissues such as muscles act.

A nerve that passes information from the brain and/or spinal cord to a muscle or gland around the body.

a nerve that passes toward or to muscles or glands

a bundle of axons that conducts nerve impulses away from the brain or spinal cord toward muscles

an efferent nerve that exclusively contains the axons of motoneurons, which innervate skeletal muscle

a nerve that carries signals from the brain or spinal cord to the muscles. It tells the muscles when to produce movements.

Carries information from brain to activate muscles.

A nerve that carries messages away from the brain and spinal cord. Back to top of the page

A nerve that conducts signals from the brain and spinal cord to control muscle movement. e.g. The Facial Nerve is the motor nerve responsible for controlling the muscles of the face.