Editing Motor system (section)

{{short description|Central and peripheral structures in the nervous system that support motor functions}}
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The '''motor system''' is the set of [[central nervous system|central]] and [[peripheral nervous system|peripheral]] structures in the [[nervous system]] that support [[motor functions]], i.e. movement.<ref>{{cite book | year = 2018 | title = Neuroscience | edition = 6th | editor-last1 = Purves | editor-first1 = Dale | editor-last2 = Augustine | editor-first2 = George J | editor-last3 = Fitzpatrick | editor-first3 = David | editor-last4 = Hall | editor-first4 = William C | editor-last5 = Lamantia | editor-first5 = Anthony Samuel | editor-last6 = Mooney | editor-first6 = Richard D | editor-last7 = Platt | editor-first7 = Michael L | editor-last8 = White | editor-first8 = Leonard E | publisher = Sinauer Associates | isbn = 9781605353807 | at = Glossary, motor system, p. G-18 | quote = '''motor systems''' A broad term used to describe all the central and peripheral structures that support motor behavior. }}</ref><ref name=VandenBos2015>{{cite book | editor-last1 = VandenBos | editor-first1 = Gary R | year = 2015 | chapter = motor system | edition = 2nd | title = APA dictionary of psychology | location = Washington, DC | publisher = American Psychological Association | isbn = 978-1-4338-1944-5 | pages = 672 | doi = 10.1037/14646-000 | quote = the complex of skeletal muscles, neural connections with muscle tissues, and structures of the central nervous system associated with motor functions. Also called neuromuscular system. |url=https://archive.org/details/APADictionaryOfPsychology2ndEdition2015/mode/1up}}</ref> Peripheral structures may include [[skeletal muscles]] and [[Efferent nerve fiber#Motor nerve|neural connections]] with muscle tissues.<ref name=VandenBos2015 /> Central structures include [[cerebral cortex]], [[brainstem]], [[spinal cord]], [[pyramidal system]] including the [[upper motor neurons]], [[extrapyramidal system]], [[cerebellum]], and the [[lower motor neurons]] in the brainstem and the spinal cord.<ref>{{cite book | last = Augustine | first = James R. | title = Human Neuroanatomy | chapter = 15 - The Motor System: Part 1 – Lower Motoneurons and the Pyramidal System | year = 2008 | publisher = Academic Press | location = San Diego, CA | isbn = 978-0-12-068251-5 | at = 15.1. REGIONS INVOLVED IN MOTOR ACTIVITY, p. 259}}</ref>

The motor system is a [[biological system]] with close ties to the [[muscular system]] and the [[circulatory system]]. To achieve [[motor skill]], the motor system must accommodate the working state of the muscles, whether hot or cold, stiff or loose, as well as physiological fatigue.