pilomotor muscle
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pilomotor muscle — noun : erector pili … Useful english dictionary
pilomotor nerve — n an autonomic nerve supplying an arrector pili muscle … Medical dictionary
pilomotor nerves — sympathetic nerves that supply muscle fibres in the skin, around the roots of hairs. Activity of the sympathetic nervous system causes the muscles to contract, raising the hairs and giving the gooseflesh effect of fear or cold. * * * the nerves… … Medical dictionary
pilomotor nerves — sympathetic nerves that supply muscle fibres in the skin, around the roots of hairs. Activity of the sympathetic nervous system causes the muscles to contract, raising the hairs and giving the ‘gooseflesh’ effect of fear or cold … The new mediacal dictionary
arrector pili muscle — arrector pi·li muscle pī .lī , pil ē n one of the small fan shaped smooth muscles associated with the base of each hair that contract when the body surface is chilled and erect the hairs, compress an oil gland above each muscle, and produce the… … Medical dictionary
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