central nervous system

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Central nervous system

A diagram showing the CNS:
1. Brain
2. Central nervous system
(brain and spinal cord)
3. Spinal cord

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Singular
central nervous system

Plural
central nervous systems

central nervous system (plural central nervous systems)

(neuroanatomy) In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord.

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that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord

Czech: centrální nervová soustava cs(cs) f.
Danish: centralnervesystem da(da) n.
Finnish: keskushermosto fi(fi)
Greek: κεντρικό νευρικό σύστημα el(el) (kentrikó nevrikó sístima) n.

Italian: sistema nervoso centrale it(it) m.
Portuguese: sistema nervoso central pt(pt)
Spanish: sistema nervioso central es(es) m.
Swedish: centrala nervsystemet sv(sv) n.

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