nerve_center (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *nerve center*:
NOUN	location	nerve center, nerve centre	a center that provides information and control
body	nerve center, center, centre, nerve centre	a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

English > *nerve center*: 2 senses > noun 1, location
Meaning	A center that provides information and control.
Example	"the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam"
Synonym	nerve centre
Broader	center, centre	A place where some particular activity is concentrated

English > *nerve center*: 2 senses > noun 2, body
Meaning	A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process.
Synonyms	center, centre, nerve centre
Narrower	Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca	The motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
	Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center	The auditory word center
	auditory center	The part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
	inferior colliculus	An essential auditory center in the midbrain
	respiratory center	The center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles
	rhinencephalon, olfactory brain	A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals
	superior colliculus	An essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex
Broader	neural structure	A structure that is part of the nervous system
Spanish	centro nervioso
Catalan	centre nerviós

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