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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
innervate .
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Examples
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It innervates the voicebox, the throat, the upper palate, the heart, the lungs and portions of the digestive system.
Suzie Heumann: What Do Singing, Throats And The Vagus Nerve Have To Do With Orgasm? 2009
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Since the nervous system innervates all areas of the body, some toxic effects may be quite specific and others very generalized depending upon where in the nervous system the toxin exerts its effect.
Neurotoxicity 2008
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Since the nerve that comes out from that area of the back innervates the muscles of the lower leg and foot, you usually feel
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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And it's a pretty remarkable thing and just consider that the brain itself, that organ, which innervates the rest of your body, really has no innervation of its own, so there's no pain involved.
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Since the nerve that comes out from that area of the back innervates the muscles of the lower leg and foot, you usually feel
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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You might find something like this: “the ano-rectal area of men is innervated with the same nerve that innervates the penis (the pudendal nerve) and stimulation of this region (specifically of the prostate) can, by itself, produce orgasm in the male.”
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The more detailed analysis showed effects of the same kind as those resulting on increased activity of the so-called sympathetic nervous system, which innervates internal organs such as the heart and vessels, the intestinal canal, etc.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 - Presentation Speech 1964
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It innervates the inner ear and is concerned with the sense of hearing.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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This mixed nerve arises in the medulla, near its junction with the pons, and innervates the mucous membrane of the rear of the tongue and of the throat.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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The sympathetic nervous system (Fig. 838) innervates all the smooth muscles and the various glands of the body, and the striated muscle of the heart.
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