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motor area

an area of the motor cortex that, when stimulated, produces movements of skeletal muscles in various parts of the body. It has somatotopic organization, with individual neurons controlling a specific movement direction of an associated body part that might involve coordinated action of several muscles. Also called Brodmann’s area 4.

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limophthisis

n. the physical and mental signs of emaciation caused by severe undernourishment.