Definition of Innervate. Meaning of Innervate. Synonyms of Innervate

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Definition of Innervate

Innervate
Innervate In*ner"vate, v. t. [See Innerve.] (Anat.) To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.

Meaning of Innervate from wikipedia

- based on where they connect to the central nervous system: Spinal nerves innervate (distribute to/stimulate) much of the body, and connect through the vertebral...
- beta motor neurons, and gamma motor neurons. A single motor neuron may innervate many muscle fibres and a muscle fibre can undergo many action potentials...
- multipolar lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord. They innervate extrafusal muscle fibers of skeletal muscle and are directly responsible...
- classified based on the type of muscle fiber they innervate: Alpha motor neurons (α-MNs) innervate extrafusal muscle fibers, the most numerous type of...
- Lesser occipital nerve - innervates the skin and the scalp posterosuperior to the auricle (C2) Great auricular nerve - innervates skin near concha auricle...
- with alpha motor neurons and gamma motor neurons. Beta motor neurons innervate intrafusal fibers of muscle spindles with collaterals to extrafusal fibers...
- pterygopalatine ganglion. Postsynaptic fibers of the greater petrosal nerve innervate the lacrimal gland. In the tympanic segment, the facial nerve runs through...
- fibers of the vagus nerve and preganglionic parasympathetic neurons that innervate the heart The solitary nucleus – which receives afferent taste information...
- parasympathetic fibers branch from the auriculotemporal nerve (parotid branches) to innervate the parotid gland, the auriculotemporal nerve comprises exclusively somatosensory...
- human body that supplies the posterior portion of the upper limb. It innervates the medial and lateral heads of the triceps brachii muscle of the arm...