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What part of the brain do we use when initiating skeletal muscle movement?

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The PRIMARY MOTOR AREA is the part of the brain we use to initiate skeletal muscle movement.

The primary motor cortex, or M1, is located in the frontal lobe of the brain, along the precentral gyrus. Its primary role is to generate neural impulses that control the execution of movement.
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