nervous system

English

An overview of the human nervous system.

Noun

nervous system (plural nervous systems)

1. (neuroanatomy) An organ system that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.

Synonyms

• systema nervosum

Meronyms

• brain
• brainstem
• ganglion
• nerve
• spinal cord

Derived terms

• autonomic nervous system
• central nervous system
• peripheral nervous system

Translations

system which coordinates the activity of the body

Azeri: sinir sistemi (az) Chinese: Hakka: 神經系統 (sṳ̀n-kîn ne-thúng) Mandarin: 神經系統 (zh), 神经系统 (zh) (shénjīng xìtǒng) Czech: nervová soustava (cs) f. Danish: nervesystem (da) Dutch: zenuwstelsel (nl) n., zenuwgestel (nl) n. Esperanto: nerva sistemo (eo) Finnish: hermosto (fi) n. French: système nerveux (fr) m. German: Nervensystem (de) n. Greek: νευρικό σύστημα (el) (nevrikó sýstima) n.

Hungarian: idegrendszer (hu) Icelandic: taugakerfi (is) n. Irish: néarchóras (ga) m. Italian: sistema nervoso (it) m. Japanese: 神経系 (ja) (しんけいけい, shinkeikei) Latin: systēma nervōsum (la) n. Polish: układ nerwowy (pl) m. Romanian: sistem nervos (ro) n. Russian: нервная система (ru) (nérvnaja sistéma) f. Spanish: sistema nervioso (es) m. Turkish: sinir sistemi (tr) Ukrainian: нервова система (uk) (nervóva systéma) f. Volapük: nevasitot (vo)

References

• 2000 [1918], Gray, Henry, “Neurology”, in Anatomy of the Human Body^[1] (on-line), edition 20th edition (in English), Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, ISBN 1587341026, retrieved on 11 December 2009:

External links

• Nervous system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia