reinnervation
noun[U]
medicalspecialized(alsore-innervation)uk/ˌriː.ɪ.nɜːˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌriː.ɪn.ɝːˈveɪ.ʃən/theprocessofsupplyingnervesagain to adamagedorganorpartof thebody:
Restoringfullfunctionto thehanddependson reinnervation of theforearmmuscles.
Faulty re-innervation maycaseunwantedmovementstooccur.
- Targetedmusclereinnervationtakesnervesfrom anamputatedlimbandreroutesthem into newareasofmuscle.
- Thefactthat thepatientexperiencedanginaimpliesre-innervation of thetransplantedheart.
- She had a reinnervationprocedurein which afunctioningnervewasattachedto thenerveleadingto thevocalcord.
The brain & nervous system
- allism
- allistic
- amygdala
- anterograde
- arachnoid
- brainwave
- cerebellum
- cerebral hemisphere
- cerebrum
- hemispherical
- hippocampus
- hypothalamus
- innervate
- innervation
- interhemispheric
- neurovascular
- non-neural
- on the spectrumidiom
- parasympathetic
- peripheral nervous system