any nerve that when stimulated produces a fall in blood pressure by dilating the arteries or lowering the heartbeat
Examples of 'depressor nerve' in a sentence
depressor nerve
Thirdly, the pressure-induced action potential firing in the aortic depressor nerve recorded in vivo was also higher.
Eva On-Chai Lau, Chun-Yin Lo, Yifei Yao, Arthur Fuk-Tat Mak, Liwen Jiang, Yu Huang,Xiaoqiang Yao 2016, 'Aortic Baroreceptors Display Higher Mechanosensitivity than Carotid Baroreceptors',Frontiers in Physiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2016.00384/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)