nerve trunk

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noun Anatomy.

the main stem of a nerve.

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Origin of nerve trunk

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby nerve trunk

nerveless, nerve net, nerve-racking, nerve root, nerves, nerve trunk, Nervi, nervine, nerving, nervosity, nervous

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.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
So far as I know, it is only when a nerve trunk of some size has been wounded that neuralgia is a probable result.
Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it|Francis E. Anstie

Some cells of the brain send their fibers out directly without the common pathway of a distinct nerve trunk.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology, March 1917|Various