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nerve
(nurv)
a cordlike structure of the body, consisting of a collection of nerve fibers that convey impulses between a part of the central nervous system and a region of the body. Nerves outside the central nervous system are called peripheral nerves and are usually either afferent or efferent. Depending on their function, they are either sensory, motor, or mixtures of both sensory and motor fibers.
Sensory and motor nerves.

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