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  • 1Nerve of pterygoid canal — Nerve: Nerve of pterygoid canal Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Vidian nerve labeled at upper right.) Latin n. canalis pterygoidei Gray s …

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  • 2Nerve fiber layer — Section of retina. (Stratum opticum labeled at right, second from the top.) …

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  • 3Nerve to the subclavius — Nerve: Nerve to the subclavius Plan of brachial plexus. (Nerve to subclavius labeled at top center.) …

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  • 4Nerve cord — may refer to the following structures: in invertebrates, it refers to the ventral nerve cord, whereas in chordates, it stands for the dorsal nerve cord. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an int …

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  • 5nerve center — [n] control center command post, core, focal point, focus, headquarters, heart, HQ, hub; concepts 532,826,829 …

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  • 6point — 1. SYN: punctum. 2. A sharp end or apex. 3. A slight projection. 4. A stage or condition reached, as the boiling p. 5. To become ready to open, said of an abscess or boil the wall of which is becoming thin and about to rupture. 6. In mathematics …

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  • 7nerve — noun 1 in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ pinched (AmE), trapped (BrE) ▪ sensitive ▪ damaged ▪ facial, optic, sciatic …

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  • 8nerve — [[t]nɜ͟ː(r)v[/t]] ♦♦♦ nerves, nerving, nerved 1) N COUNT Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body. ...spinal nerves. ...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed. 2) N PLURAL: usu poss N …

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  • 9Nerve (disambiguation) — A nerve is a part of the nervous system. The term is often used to refer to a peripheral nerve. Nerve may also refer to: Nerve (band), band of Jojo Mayer Nerve (category theory), a construction in category theory Nerve (Farscape), a 2000 episode… …

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  • 10Nerve compression — “Pinching” a nerve by putting too much pressure on it. For example, the sciatic nerve may be painfully compressed by a ruptured disc in the lower spine causing sciatica. In nerve compression there is pressure on a nerve root or a peripheral nerve …

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