to innervate
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- verb
- /ˈɪnərˌveɪt/
- Specialized
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innervar
- Generally, a partially torn ligament is more painful than a complete tear because the ligament remains innervated and partially intact at the insertion.
- nerve fibers innervating
- innervated muscles
- branch innervating
And so is the vagus nerve, that it's innervating the majority of the organs in your body.
- And so is the vagus nerve, that it's innervating the majority of the organs in your body.
- So it's a muscle wasting disease involving degeneration of the neurons that innervate those muscles.
- Because exercise that triggers the activation of these nerve fibers, these neurons that innervate fat.
Examples
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In this video, Leslie talks about the muscles of the arm and the nerves that innervate them.
Blog text (24) -
The spinal nerves exit from the spinal cord and extend laterally through the vertebral foramen to innervate the body.
Academic text (2005) -
Then it peels off, crosses over itself to innervate that junction.
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We need a lot more neurons to innervate our limbs, OK?
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So right side muscles are always innervated by right side motor neurons.
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So it's a muscle wasting disease involving degeneration of the neurons that innervate those muscles.
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The SLN innervates the CT muscle, which controls vocal fold elongation.
Academic text (2012) -
Stimulation of areas innervated by the trigeminal nerve also leads to a stapedial reflex.
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Loss of this delicate belt of densely innervated, sexually responsive tissue reduces the fullness and intensity of sexual response.
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The nerves that innervate the hand allow for precise movement and sensitivity.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Innervate comes from the parts in- and nerv, and nerv means 'nerve', the same as the common English word 'nerve'. So to innervate something is to 'put nerves into' it or to send nerve signals that make it feel or move.