Muscles Used for Delicate,finely Controlled Movements Have Smaller Motor Units

question 80

True/False

Muscles used for delicate,finely controlled movements have smaller motor units than muscles used for high power activities.

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Roger Sperry

A neuropsychologist and neurobiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the split-brain research which advanced our understanding of the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres.

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