Sentences with phrase «points along the nerve»

When the piriformis gets too tight, it pinches the nerve and causes a painful sensation at certain points along the nerve's path, eventually resulting with inflammation of the sciatic nerve.

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Indeed, he admits that some points along the causal route of inheritance are vividly felt (e.g., the hand when holding the stone), while others fade to the fringes of consciousness (e.g., the nerves between the hand and the brain).

Unlike the action potential that travels in a single direction along the efferent nerve, the propagating MAP travels in both directions along the muscle fiber from the motor point.

Acupuncture points are located at specific points along these meridians and are areas that when examined microscopically are found to contain high concentrations of nerve endings and small blood vessels.