Explore Nerves through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like nervousness or possession. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nerves meaning
plural of nerve
Synonyms of Nerves
Using Nerves
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of nerve
- Useful related words include: nervousness, psychological state, mental state, self-control.
- In the example corpus, nerves often appears in combinations such as: the nerves, nerves and, and nerves.
Context around Nerves
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nerves
- In this selection, "nerves" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cranial, sensory, olfactory, entering, apart and emerge stand out and add context to how "nerves" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also peripheral nerves of the and and many nerves which hold. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nerves" sits close to words such as airways, cart and evaluated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nerves
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most nerves serve both functions and are called mixed nerves. (10 words)
Usually these arise as a web ("plexus") of interconnected nerves roots that arrange to form single nerves. (17 words)
Two pairs of cranial nerves; the olfactory nerves and the optic nerves are often considered structures of the central nervous system. (21 words)
Frogs have ten pairs of cranial nerves which pass information from the outside directly to the brain, and ten pairs of spinal nerves which pass information from the extremities to the brain through the spinal cord. (36 words)
By pairing the electrical foot shock with optogenetic light stimulation of the acetophenone-sensitive olfactory nerves, the researchers taught the animals to associate the shock with activity of these specific acetophenone-sensitive sensory nerves. (34 words)
Nerves radiate from central rings around the mouth into each arm or along the body wall; the branches of these nerves coordinate the movements of the organism and the synchronisation of the tube feet. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Sensory-somatic nervous system seeAlso The somatosensory nervous system consists of sensory nerves and somatic nerves, and many nerves which hold both functions.
These two nerves only became discrete nerves in the ancestors of amniotes (non-amphibian tetrapods). citation Diagrammatic view of the cranial nerves of the horse.
Two pairs of cranial nerves; the olfactory nerves and the optic nerves are often considered structures of the central nervous system.
By pairing the electrical foot shock with optogenetic light stimulation of the acetophenone-sensitive olfactory nerves, the researchers taught the animals to associate the shock with activity of these specific acetophenone-sensitive sensory nerves.
Although the uterus’ nerves are not connected to the mother’s nerves during surgery, she could feel the baby kick and move inside her belly.
Boeser may have had some nerves entering the weekend but one thing is for sure, if he keeps performing like this, his opponents will be the ones with the nerves in the future.
Cranial nerves Apart from the spinal cord, there are also peripheral nerves of the PNS that synapse through intermediaries or ganglia directly on the CNS.
Frogs have ten pairs of cranial nerves which pass information from the outside directly to the brain, and ten pairs of spinal nerves which pass information from the extremities to the brain through the spinal cord.
However, because many of the nerves emerge from the brain stem as rootlets, there is continual debate as to how many nerves there actually are, and how they should be grouped.
If the brain is carefully removed from the skull the nerves are typically visible in their numeric order. citation Cranial nerves have paths within and outside of the skull.
Most nerves serve both functions and are called mixed nerves.
Nerves radiate from central rings around the mouth into each arm or along the body wall; the branches of these nerves coordinate the movements of the organism and the synchronisation of the tube feet.
The cranial nerves are considered components of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), although on a structural level the olfactory, optic and terminal nerves are more accurately considered part of the central nervous system (CNS).
The dorsal nerves penetrated the corporeal body and distally the glans in the hyena" and, in female hyenas, "the dorsal nerves fanned out laterally on the clitoral body.
The neurons that give rise to nerves do not lie entirely within the nerves themselves—their cell bodies reside within the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral ganglia.
There is reason to consider both the olfactory (I) and Optic (II) nerves to be brain tracts, rather than cranial nerves.
Usually these arise as a web ("plexus") of interconnected nerves roots that arrange to form single nerves.
According to a report from Newschannel 20, the next phase of Grayson’s treatment will be immunotherapy that uses medicine to target the nerves.
According to the Mayo Clinic, Guillain-Barre syndrome is “a rare disorder in which your body’s immune system attacks your nerves.
According to the Mayo Clinic, spinal stenosis happens when the space inside the backbone is too small, which can put pressure on the spinal cord and nerves.
Common combinations with nerves
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the nerves 38×
- nerves and 21×
- and nerves 12×
- nerves of 11×
- nerves in 10×
- nerves are 10×
- her nerves 10×
- his nerves 9×
- of nerves 9×
- cranial nerves 7×