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INNERVATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stimulate to action

Example:

innervate a muscle or a nerve

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "innervate" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate (act as a stimulant)

Domain category:

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Supply nerves to (some organ or body part)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "innervate" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

innervation (the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The majority are located near or in the organs that they innervate.

(Parasympathetic Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus)

Axons extend significant distances to innervate target tissues.

(Neuronal Survival Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It innervates the ankle and toes.

(Deep Peroneal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

The ciliary muscle is innervated by both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and acts to control the flow of aqueous humour into Schlemm's canal and changes the shape of the eye lens.

(Ciliary Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

These nerves originate in the spinal column and innervate the shoulder, arm and hand.

(Brachial Plexus Injury, NCI Thesaurus)

In the autonomic ganglia, the preganglionic fibers from the central nervous system synapse onto the neurons whose axons are the postganglionic fibers innervating target organs.

(Autonomic Ganglion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Pathologic features include degeneration of the ciliary ganglion and postganglionic parasympathetic fibers that innervate the pupillary constrictor muscle.

(Holmes-Adie Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It innervates the calf and foot.

(Common Peroneal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

The cricothyroid muscle is innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve's external branch and acts to tense the vocal cords thus altering voice pitch.

(Cricothyroid Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A somatic nerve branching from the ophthalmic nerve that innervates the forehead, eye lids and frontal sinus.

(Frontal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)