accelerator nerve
n.
Any of the slender unmyelinated nerves establishing the sympathetic innervation of the heart, and originating from the ganglion cells of the superior, middle, and inferior cervical ganglion of the sympathetic trunk.
Nearby words
alignment curve, aligoté, alike, aliment, alimentary, accelerator nerve, alimentary glycosuria, alimentary lipemia, alimentary pentosuria, alimentary system, alimentary tract
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