innervate
Provide nerve supply
To innervate is to supply a body part with nerves or nerve impulses.
Muscles and organs are innervated by the nervous system, which enables sensation and movement: The facial nerve innervates the muscles of expression.
In looser usage, innervate can mean to energize or stimulate, though this sense is less common than the anatomical one.
axon
Neuron's signal-sending projection
myelin · neurotransmitter · ganglion · plexus · spinal · sensory · motor · autonomic · somatic · glia
activate
Cause to function
- energizeSupply with vitality
- invigorateTo fill with energy
- animateGive life to
enliven · arouse · galvanize · vitalize · awaken · rouse · spark · excite · vivify · quicken
innervatedenervate
Remove nerve supply
sever · disconnect · transect · paralyze · ablate
innervateinhibit
To restrain or hinder
suppress · deactivate · weaken · block · anesthetize