intercentraladj.
/ɪntəˈsɛntrəl/ Physiology.
Thesaurus »
Categories »
a. Situated between the centra of the vertebræ: see centrum n.
b. Connecting, or relating to the connection of, nerve-centres: see centre n.1 14.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > [adjective] > grey matter > nerve centre
ganglionic1825
centric1833
central1838
intercentral1870
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 21 These vertebrae..being articulated simply by ball and shallow socket joints on their centra and intercentral fibrocartilaginous discs.
1878 Smithsonian Rep. 419 (note) A nerve tubule..has the same properties whether it be of intercentral or peripheral significance.
1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Intercentral nerves, nerve fibres which connect ganglionic centres, as in co-ordinated movements.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
adj.1870