What constitutes a motor neuron?

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Motor neuron:
It is a nerve cell that is part of a route that transmits impulses from the brain or spinal cord to muscles or glands.
It is constituted of a cell body or cyton, dendritic arborizations, an axon, and axon terminals.
The axon terminals of motor neurons contain neurotransmitters.

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