nerve trunk


nounAnatomy.
  1. the main stem of a nerve.

Origin of nerve trunk

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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How to use nerve trunk in a sentence

  • External nerve trunk had become reunited, at the point of junction there being a hard lump about the size of a walnut.

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton Reeks
  • This nerve trunk was atrophied below the thickening, and had undergone gelatinous degeneration.

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton Reeks
  • The primary injuries include contusion, partial or complete division, and perforation of the nerve-trunk.

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  • So far as I know, it is only when a nerve trunk of some size has been wounded that neuralgia is a probable result.

  • Some cells of the brain send their fibers out directly without the common pathway of a distinct nerve trunk.