innervation

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I0151600 (ĭ-nûr′vāt′, ĭn′ər-)tr.v. in·ner·vat·ed, in·ner·vat·ing, in·ner·vates 1. To supply (an organ or a body part) with nerves.2. To stimulate (a nerve, muscle, or body part) to action.

in′ner·va′tion n.in′ner·va′tion·al (-vā′shə-nəl) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	innervation - the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or glandexcitation, irritationarousal - a state of heightened physiological activity
	2.	innervation - the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body regiondispersion, distribution - the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution"

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innervation

[‚in·ər′vā·shən] (anatomy) The distribution of nerves to a part. (physiology) The amount of nerve stimulation received by a part.

Innervation

the supply of nerves to organs and tissues, which provides for their communication with the central nervous system (CNS).

A distinction is made between afferent (centripetal) and efferent (centrifugal) innervation. Signals about the condition of an organ and the processes taking place in it are perceived by sensitive nerve endings (receptors) and transmitted to the CNS over the centripetal fibers. The responses that regulate the functioning of the organs are transmitted along the centrifugal nerves, enabling the CNS to keep regulating and altering the activity of organs and tissues in accordance with the body’s requirements. The function-regulating role of the CNS is different for different organs. In some organs (for example, in skeletal muscle or salivary gland) the signals from the CNS determine their entire activity, so that complete disconnection from the CNS, or denervation, results in atrophy of the organ involved. Some organs (for example, the heart and intestine) can act under the influence of impulses originating in the organs themselves. In these cases, denervation does not result in atrophy but only limits, to some extent, the adaptive reactions, which persist both because of humoral regulation and because of the presence of a nervous system within the organ.

G. N. KOSITSKH and I. N. D’IAKOVA

innervation

[in″er-va´shun] 1. the distribution or supply of nerves to a part.2. the supply of nervous energy or of nerve stimulation sent to a part.

in·ner·va·tion

(in'ĕr-vā'shŭn), Avoid confusing the terms innervate and innervation with enervate and enervation.The supply of nerve fibers functionally connected with a part. [L. in, in, + nervus, nerve]

in·ner·va·tion

(in'ĕr-vā'shŭn) The supply of motor and sensory nerve fibers functionally connected with an organ or region.

innervation

1. The supply or distribution of nerve fibres to any part of the body. 2. The provision of nerve stimuli to a muscle, gland or other nerve.

in·ner·va·tion

(in'ĕr-vā'shŭn) Supply of nerve fibers functionally connected with a part.

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noun the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland

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noun the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region

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