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Words related to nerve

nerve
N n

  • cranial nerve

    any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull

  • nerve block

    an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.

  • action potential

    a localized change in electrical potential, from about –70 mV to +30 mV and back again, that occurs across a nerve fibre during transmission of a nerve impulse

  • internal auditory meatus

    the canal extending through the petrous portion of the temporal bone, through which the glossopharyngeal nerve, the facial nerve, and the auditory nerve and artery pass.

  • internuncial

    serving to announce or connect.

  • nerve center

    a group of nerve cells closely connected with one another and acting together in the performance of some function.
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