[Jeannie]

Hi all,

The answer to this is probably simple but I cant seem to find it.

What gives our muscles nourishment ?

Obviously food plays a part

Amyotrophic comes from the Greek language: A- means "no", myo refers to "muscle", and trophic means "nourishment"; amyotrophic therefore means "no muscle nourishment,"

Cheers Jeannie x

[Sharob]

Hi Jeannie, I found this passage here: If the motor nerve cells to a skeletal (voluntary) muscle die, the muscle will be paralyzed and also die. This is because the motor nerve cells continuously supply skeletal muscle cells with substances needed for their survival, above and beyond the hormone the nerve cells secrete to make the muscle contract.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=nerve

I don't know if that helps any? The motor nerves obviously supply the muscles with nourishment,besides controlling their movement.

[Jeannie]

Thanks Rob, appears to answer my question but not the answer I was hoping for lol