Definition of "innervate" [in•ner•vate]

• To supply (an organ or a body part) with nerves. (verb-transitive)
• To stimulate (a nerve, muscle, or body part) to action. (verb-transitive)

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• "But what those research sites don't often say is that not only does it innervate the throat and chest, it is directly connected to the cervix and uterus."
• "This latter extension contains the fibers that innervate the vestibular bulbs and clitoris."
• "Picking up the red chalk, he drew the musculature of the shark and with the yellow chalk he drew the nerves that innervate those muscles."