Term Name: motor neuron
Synonyms: anterior horn cell, 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 or inhibits movement.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000100]

Relationships
is a type of: efferent neuron
has subtype: brainstem motor neuron branchiomotor neuron cranial motor neuron excitatory motor neuron fusimotor neuron inhibitory motor neuron primary motor neuron secondary motor neuron somatomotor neuron spinal accessory motor neuron spinal cord motor neuron visceromotor neuron
synapsed_to: muscle cell