innervating
Providing nerve connections
Innervating is supplying nerves to a body part or organ, or stimulating a body part through nerve impulses.
The term appears in anatomy and physiology: The facial nerve is responsible for innervating the muscles of expression.
Figuratively, to innervate can mean to energize or enliven: New ideas were innervating the stagnant department.
Impulse-conducting cell
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- dendriteNeuron's input branch
- impulseSudden urge to act
signal · motor · sensory · afferent · efferent · receptor · neurotransmitter · electrical
Capacity for spirited existence
- activationSetting into operation
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- invigorateTo fill with energy
stimulate · enliven · awaken · arouse · spark · vigor · dynamism · verve
neuron
Impulse-conducting cell
- synapseNerve signal crossing point
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- dendriteNeuron's input branch
impulse · signal · motor · sensory · afferent · efferent · receptor · neurotransmitter · electrical · cortex
vitality
Capacity for spirited existence
- activationSetting into operation
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
invigorate · stimulate · enliven · awaken · arouse · spark · vigor · dynamism · verve · zest
innervatingenervating
Causing loss of vigor
deadening · numbing · draining · exhausting · dulling
innervatingparalyzing
Causing inability to move
anesthetizing · numbing · blocking · severing · deadening