nervous system

English
An overview of the human nervous system.

Noun

nervous system (plural nervous systems)

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

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Translations
system which coordinates the activity of the body

References
  • Gray, Henry (1918), “Neurology”, in Anatomy of the Human Body‎ (in English), 20th edition edition, Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, published 2000, →ISBN

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