Skip navigation

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Results 1 - 10 of 32 for nerves
  1. ... peripheral nervous system. It consists of thousands of nerves that connect the spinal cord to muscles and ... individual neuron up close. Here is a peripheral nerve. Each one of the nerve bundles, or fascicles, ...
  2. Medications for IBS Video (International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders)  
    ... abdominal pain by decreasing activity of pain sensing nerves. Both drugs treat overall IBS-C symptoms and ... are neuromodulators that have the ability to impact nerve signaling. . Communication between the GI tract and the ...
  3. When the bladder fills with urine, sensory nerves send impulses to the brain telling it the bladder is full. The nerves connect with other nerves in the spinal cord to relay ...
  4. Vitamins and Other Nutrients during Pregnancy Video (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    ... helps your baby’s bones, teeth, heart, muscles and nerves develop. During pregnancy, you need 1,000 milligrams ... body absorb calcium. It also helps your body’s nerves, muscles and immune system work. Your immune system ...
  5. About the Eye Video From the National Institutes of Health (National Eye Institute)  
    ... the macula, where your vision is sharpest. Optic nerve (OP-tic nurv) is the bundle of more than 1 million nerve fibers that carry visual messages from the retina ...
  6. ... protein fragments. Such clusters can be found between nerve cells in the brain of someone with Alzheimer. A microscope will also show damaged nerve cells. In them are tangles called neurofibrillary tangles. ...
  7. Pediatric MRI Video (American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)  
    ... congenital or acquired abnormalities determine the condition of nerve tissue within the spinal cord In the heart, ... ports artificial limbs or metallic joint prostheses implanted nerve stimulators metal pins, screws, plates, stents or surgical ...
  8. ... taste buds are linked to the brain by nerve fibers. Food particles are detected by the taste buds, which send nerve signals to the brain. Certain areas of the ...
  9. How Naloxone Saves Lives in Opioid Overdose Video From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... of the cell. Opioid receptors are found on nerve cells all around the body: In the brain, ... reduce cough. In the spinal cord and peripheral nerves, opioids slow down pain signals. In the gastrointestinal ...
previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · next