Motor units

Japanese: 運動単位 - うんどうたんい
Motor units

…In the case of a weak contraction, only a small number of muscle fibers are required, but when a strong contraction is required, the number of muscle fibers that contract increases. Muscle contraction (4) Motor unit Skeletal muscles do not contract spontaneously, but contract in response to impulses sent at an appropriate frequency through motor nerves. The nerve cells that give off motor nerve fibers are located in the anterior horns of the gray matter of the spinal cord and are called alpha motor neurons. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "motor unit" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また弱い収縮の場合は少数の筋繊維の収縮でよいが,強い収縮を必要とするときは収縮する筋繊維の数が増加する。筋収縮(4)運動単位motor unit 骨格筋は,自発性に収縮することはなく,運動神経を通って適切な頻度で送られてくるインパルスによって収縮する。運動神経繊維を出している神経細胞は脊髄の灰白質の前角にあり,α運動ニューロンという。…

※「運動単位」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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