central nervous system

English

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

Noun

central nervous system (plural central nervous systems)

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

   Synonyms: CNS, cerebrospinal axis, systema nervosum centrale

Related terms

• autonomic nervous system
• peripheral nervous system

 

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中樞神經系統／中枢神经系统 (zung¹ syu¹ san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²), 中枢神经系统 (zung¹ syu¹ san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²)

  Mandarin: 中樞神經系統／中枢神经系统 (zh) (zhōngshūshénjīng xìtǒng), 中枢神经系统 (zh) (zhōngshū shénjīng xìtǒng)

• Czech: centrální nervová soustava f
• Danish: centralnervesystem n
• Estonian: kesknärvisüsteem
• Finnish: keskushermosto (fi)
• French: système nerveux central (fr) m
• Galician: sistema nervioso central (gl) m
• German: Zentralnervensystem (de) n
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• Greek: κεντρικό νευρικό σύστημα n (kentrikó nevrikó sýstima)
• Hungarian: központi idegrendszer (hu)
• Icelandic: miðtaugakerfi (is) n
• Italian: sistema nervoso centrale (it) m
• Japanese: 中枢神経系 (ちゅうすうしんけいけい, chūsū shinkeikei)
• Portuguese: sistema nervoso central
• Romanian: sistem nervos central (ro) n
• Russian: центра́льная не́рвная систе́ма (ru) f (centrálʹnaja nérvnaja sistéma)
• Spanish: sistema nervioso central m
• Swedish: centrala nervsystemet (sv) n

See also

• peripheral nervous system