nerve impulse

English

Noun

nerve impulse (plural nerve impulses)

1. (physiology) The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract).

Translations

signal transmitted along a nerve fibre

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神經衝動／神经冲动 (shénjīng chōngdòng), 神经冲动 (shénjīng chōngdòng)

• Finnish: hermoimpulssi
• French: potentiel d’action m, influx nerveux (fr) m
• German: elektrische Erregung einer Nervenzelle f, Aktionspotenzial eines Neurons n, Nervenimpuls m
• Gujarati: ઊર્મિવેગ (ūrmiveg)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: néar-ríog f
• Maori: karere io
• Romanian: impuls nervos n
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: impulso nervioso m
• Swedish: nervimpuls (sv)
• Tagalog: pitlag ng dagandam

See also

• action potential
• synapse