| BVMGT | Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test |
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| BVMOT | Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test |
| CMAP | compound muscle (or motor) action potential |
| CML | carboxymethyl lysine; cell-mediated lymphocytotoxicity; cell-mediated lympholysis; central motor lat... |
| CMSS | circulation, motor ability, sensation, and swelling; Council of Medical Specialty Societies |
| extrapyramidal motor system | Literally: all of the brain structures affecting bodily (somatic) movement, excluding the motor neurons, the motor cortex, and the pyramidal (corticobulbar and corticospinal) tract. Despite its very wide literal connotation, the term is commonly used to denote in particular the striate body (basal ganglia), its associated structures (substantia nigra; subthalamic nucleus), and its descending connections with the midbrain. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| extrapyramidal motor system disease | A general term for a number of disorders caused by abnormalities of the basal ganglia or certain brain stem or thalamic nuclei; characterised by motor deficits, loss of postural reflexes, bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity, and various involuntary movements. Synonym: extrapyramidal motor system disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facial motor nucleus | A group of motor neurons located in the ventrolateral region of the lower pontine tegmentum and innervating the facial muscles, the stapedius muscle in the middle ear, the posterior limb of the musculus digastricus, and the stylohyoid muscle. Synonym: nucleus nervi facialis, facial motor nucleus, motor nucleus of facial nerve, nucleus facialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| focal motor seizure | A simple partial seizure with localised motor activity. (05 Mar 2000) |