| nerve growth factor |
A protein that promotes nerve cell growth and may protect some types of nerve cells from damage.
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| nerve conduction velocity |
speed at which nerves transmit nervous influx. It is expressed as meter per second. The velocity of normal motor nerve conduction is about 40 to 45 m/s.
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| nerve |
Cells in the human body that are the building blocks of the nervous system (the system that records and transmits information chemically and electrically within a person). Nerve cells, or neurons, are made up of a nerve cell body and various extensions from the cell body that receive and transmit impulses from and to other nerves and muscles.
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| nerve |
A bundle of nerve fibers (axons). The fibers are either afferent (leading toward the brain and serving in the perception of sensory stimuli of the skin, joints, muscles, and inner organs) or efferent (leading away from the brain and mediating contractions of muscles or organs).
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| nerves |
A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another..
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