English > nerve: 4 senses > noun 1, body| Meaning | Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. |
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| Synonym | nervus |
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| Parts | nerve fiber, nerve fibre | A threadlike extension of a nerve cell |
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| radicle | (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) |
| synapse | The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle |
| Narrower | cranial nerve | Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem |
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| depressor, depressor nerve | Any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves |
| motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent | A nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands |
| radial nerve, nervus radialis, musculospiral nerve | largest branch of the brachial plexus |
| saphenous nerve, nervus saphenus | A branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot |
| sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus | Arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves |
| sensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferent | A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system |
| spinal nerve, nervus spinalis | Any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots |
| splanchnic nerve | Any of several nerves of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system that innervate viscera and blood vessels |
| ulnar nerve, cubital nerve, nervus ulnaris | A nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow |
| Broader | fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus | A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) |
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| Spanish | nervio, nervus |
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| Catalan | nervi, nervus |
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| Adjectives | nervous | of or relating to the nervous system |
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| neuromuscular | affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue |
