branchiomotor nuclei (medicine) and Cut the Game Down - Poker (gambling)

branchiomotor nuclei (medicine)

branchiomotor nuclei

Collective term for those motoneuronal nuclei of the brainstem (n. Ambiguus, facial motor nucleus, motor nucleus of the trigeminus) that develop from the branchiomotor column of the embryo and innervate striated muscle fibres (muscles of mastication, facial musculature, pharynx and vocal cord muscles) developed from the mesenchyme of the branchial arches.

Synonym: special visceral efferent nuclei, special visceral motor nuclei.

Cut the Game Down - Poker (gambling)

Reduce the stakes, usually at the request of the players. For example, the players of a short-handed 60-120 hold ' em game may be told by the Management that the game would fill up if they played 40-80, so the players may agree to cut the game down.

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