Term: motor neuron axon guidance
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Name: motor neuron
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 guidance
Synonyms: axon chemotaxis, axon growth cone guidance, axon pathfinding
Definition: The chemotaxis process that directs the migration of an axon growth cone to a specific target site in response to a combination of attractive and repulsive cues.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007411]    QuickGO    AmiGO