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innervate
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in·ner·vate  (-nûrvt, nr-)
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.
inner·vation n.
inner·vation·al (-vsh-nl) adj.
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Verb1.innervate - supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
2.innervate - stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve"
physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
stimulate, excite - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
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In conclusion, physicians who deal with pain in the ear and the head must be aware of the characteristics of all neuralgic pains and the anatomic distribution of the nerves innervating the area.
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Studies that have attempted to quantify the loss of these muscle- innervating nerves find that somewhere between one-quarter and one-half of them die off between the ages of 25 and 75.
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