nerve impulses
1nerve impulse — n the progressive physicochemical change in the membrane of a nerve fiber that follows stimulation and serves to transmit a record of sensation from a receptor or an instruction to act to an effector called also nervous impulse * * * the… …
2nerve gas — ► NOUN ▪ a poisonous vapour which disrupts the transmission of nerve impulses, causing death or disablement …
3nerve cell — noun a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses • Syn: ↑neuron • Derivationally related forms: ↑neural (for: ↑neuron), ↑neuronic (for: ↑neuron), ↑ …
4Nerve agent — This article is about the chemical. For the band, see The Nerve Agents. This article forms part of the series Chemical agents Lethal agents Blood agents Cyanogen chloride (CK) …
5nerve gas — noun a toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system • Syn: ↑nerve agent • Hypernyms: ↑poison gas, ↑agent • Hyponyms: ↑VX gas, ↑organophosphate nerve agent …
6nerve fibre — the long fine process that extends from the cell body of a neurone and carries nerve impulses. Bundles of nerve fibres running together form a nerve. Each fibre has a sheath, which in medullated nerve fibres is a relatively thick layer containing …
7nerve fibre — the long fine process that extends from the cell body of a neurone and carries nerve impulses. Bundles of nerve fibres running together form a nerve. Each fibre has a sheath, which in medullated nerve fibres is a relatively thick layer containing …
8nerve impulse — the electrical activity in the membrane of a neurone that – by its rapid spread from one region to the next – is the means by which information is transmitted within the nervous system along the axons of the neurones. The membrane of a resting… …
9nerve gas — any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, esp. that part of the system controlling respiration. [1935 40] * * * Weapon of chemical warfare that affects the transmission of nerve …
10nerve agent — A potentially lethal chemical agent which interferes with the transmission of nerve impulses …
