The motory nerves, as they descend from the brain, in the medulla oblongata, cross each other to the opposite side of the spinal cord.
If the sensory nerve leading to any part be cut, all sensation in that spot will be lost, while motion will remain; if the motory nerve be cut, all motion will be destroyed, while sensation will exist as before.
It is sufficient, however, to recall to the reader the numerous men of genius of the first order who have been seized by motory epilepsy, or by that kind of morbid irritability which is well known to supply its place.
This active and violent unconsciousness in the one case manifests itself by creation, and in the other by motory agitation.
In motory epilepsy, the irritation is manifested on a sudden, but leaves the mind healthy in the interval, although the attacks may lead to rapid dementia.
Both of these latter tendencies, these evolvements, are merely refinements of the motory system, and not independent entities; that is to say, they are the blossoms of a plant that propagates from its roots.
Therefore I state, as a proved fact, that the cells of the motory nerves have inherent forces sufficient to the purposes of those nerves.
One of our little girls of the motory type when taught by this method reproduced all the letters in pen and ink long before she could identify them.
They are adequate for giving the sensation of rhythm and for suggesting the motory actions associated with the rhythm.
Naturally the motory action corresponds to this: it will be tense for the strong beats and light for the weak beats.
They had, however, divined the possibilities of an orderly motory action; and when they had become quiet again, they began to listen to the music with great interest waiting for the revelation of its deep secret.
These motory defects proceed from the difficulty experienced by the child in finding his center of gravity, his equilibrium.
The playing of one note more loudly than the others, thus to emphasize the rhythmic accent (thesis), is to deprive the selection of all its value as melody and therefore of its power to cause the motory action corresponding to rhythm.
The whole muscularity of these animals, is the organ of irritability; and the nerves themselves are probably feeders of the motory power.
But the motory nerves bring back, like couriers, the result of the brain function to the muscle, upon which it acts as a stimulus, and the irritability of which is the immediate manifestation of the will.
The nerves of the brain and spinal cord separate at their roots into sensory and motory nerves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "motory" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
