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In voluntary movement, which brain structure contains neurons (pyramidal cells) that are responsible for generating commands that are passed to skeletal muscles? motor association (premotor) area in the cerebral cortex cerebellum primary somatosensory cortex primary motor cortex basal ganglia

          In voluntary movement, which brain structure contains neurons (pyramidal cells) that are responsible for generating commands that are passed to skeletal muscles?
motor association (premotor) area in the cerebral cortex
cerebellum
primary somatosensory cortex
primary motor cortex
basal ganglia

In voluntary movement, which brain structure contains neurons (pyramidal cells) that are responsible for generating commands that are passed to skeletal muscles?
motor association (premotor) area in the cerebral cortex
cerebellum
primary somatosensory cortex
primary motor cortex
basal ganglia

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06/12/2022

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In voluntary movement, which brain structure contains neurons (pyramidal cells) that are responsible for generating commands that are passed to skeletal muscles? motor association (premotor) area in the cerebral cortex cerebellum primary somatosensory cortex primary motor cortex basal ganglia