central nervous system

noun

1. the part of the nervous system comprising the brain and spinal cord.

central nervous system

noun

1. the mass of nerve tissue that controls and coordinates the activities of an animal. In vertebrates it consists of the brain and spinal cord CNS Compare autonomic nervous system

central nervous system

1. The part of the nervous system in vertebrate animals that consists of the brain and spinal cord.
2. Compare peripheral nervous system

central nervous system

1. The brain and spinal cord . ( See nervous system ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of central nervous system¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The UCSD team’s experiments, published in 2001, showed that the central nervous systems of developing mouse embryos did not contain perfect genetic copies.

From MIT Technology Review

The discovery of a 310-million-year-old horseshoe crab in the US, complete with its brain intact, adds to a recent string of fossil finds which have unearthed some of the oldest arthropods with a preserved central nervous system.

From Singularity Hub 

When you stretch, these cells send a signal to the neurons within the muscle to tell the central nervous system that you’ve gone too far.

From Popular-Science

After all, Dethier notes, such attacks haven’t been documented even in urchin barrens, where food is scarce,And the urchin attacks can’t be intentional, she adds, since the animals don’t have a brain or central nervous system.

From Science News For Students

Speed is important because if their body temperature stays sky-high for too long, it could damage their central nervous system, impair brain function, and even cause organ failure.

From Popular-Science

It drains your body of nutrients and vitamins, attacking the central nervous system and leaving you in a dehydrated, hazy state.

From The Daily Beast

They provide fuel for the central nervous system, which helps with mental energy for long and tough workouts.

From The Daily Beast

They stimulate the central nervous system like methamphetamines, plus cause hallucinations, and even psychosis.

From The Daily Beast

It numbs the central nervous system, “like anesthesia,” says Dr. Ghajar.

From The Daily Beast

Peter Hartwell is a distinguished technologist and the lead on HP Labs Central Nervous System for the Earth project (CeNSE).

From The Daily Beast

The organs of nervous control: the central nervous system, which has control of cordinated movement.

From Project Gutenberg

Other axons originate in the central nervous system and pass outward as nerves producing movement of muscles.

From Project Gutenberg

Inside is a complicated nerve ending, and axons pass inward to the central nervous system.

From Project Gutenberg

At the base of these hairs are found neurones which send axons inward to the central nervous system.

From Project Gutenberg

We further learn that the nerves are out-growths of the central nervous system.

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