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RECIPROCAL INNERVATION

\ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkə͡l ɪnɜːvˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹɪsˈɪpɹəkə‍l ɪnɜːvˈe‍ɪʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_p_ɹ_ə_k_əl ɪ_n_ɜː_v_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of RECIPROCAL INNERVATION

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A term applied by Sherrington to designate the relationship existing between the flexor and extensor motor centers of the spinal cord, so that when one is stimulated, the other is inhibited.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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