innervál

Innervál is a Hungarian verb meaning to innervate, i.e., to supply an organ or tissue with nerves. It is used in anatomical and physiological contexts to describe the action by which nervous tissue forms the nerve supply to a target structure. When something innervates another thing, nerve fibers originate or end in the target to enable neural control or sensation. The verb is typically used with a direct object indicating the target of innervation, for example a muscle or a region of skin.

The noun form innerváció (innervation) is used to refer to the distribution and pattern of nerve supply to a body part. In everyday medical language, the related term idegellátás is also employed to denote nerve supply. Both innerváció and idegellátás describe how nerves connect to and influence the function of tissues and organs.

Etymology traces the Hungarian verb innervál to the Latin innervare, meaning to furnish with nerves, via standard medical borrowing practices. The term shares its root with related words in many languages, including the English innervate and innervation.

See also: innervation, idegellátás, idegrost, neurology.