English > central nervous system: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Synonyms | CNS, systema nervosum centrale |
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| Part of | nervous system, systema nervosum | The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells |
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| Parts | brain, encephalon | That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers |
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| neuroglia, glia | sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system |
| pyramidal tract, pyramidal motor system, corticospinal tract | Any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord |
| spinal cord, medulla spinalis | A major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain |
| Broader | system | A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts |
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| Substances | white matter, substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
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| Spanish | sistema nervioso central, SNC, systema nervosum centrale |
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| Catalan | sistema nerviós central, systema nervosum centrale |
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