From Thought to Movement · Muscles
One long cell carrying the command from spine to muscle.
The order to move doesn't travel through your blood or by magic — it runs down a single cell. A motor neuron reaches from your spinal cord all the way to the muscle, and the longest ones run from the base of your spine to your toes.
There's more: one long cell carrying the command from spine to muscle. The full explanation — and the interactive version you can tap and quiz yourself on — lives in the app.
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