The areas that require fine motor movement is just larger in this motor. So when you look at this motor homunculus, small back, small abdomen, big hands, you know, so the areas that need to be moved are bigger. The most central portion would be the toes. Then it just goes proximally. And then it will go up to the head, so kind of going neck, brow, base, huge mouth. Like it's trying to eat a hamburger. And then goes to a separate area on the farricks and tongue. That's what we've learned for the past nearly 100 years in our textbooks. It's a very linear view where very discreet areas are
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