CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

[`sentrəl`nɜːvəs`sɪstɪm]

центральная нервная система

central nervous system: übersetzung

■ The portion of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

→ peripheral nervous system

Syn. CNS abbr., cerebrospinal axis

Zentralnervensystem n

■ Teil des Nervensystems, der das Gehirn und das Rückenmark umfasst.

→ peripheres Nervensystem

Syn. ZNS n Abk., zentrales Nervensystem n

central nervous system: translation

In invertebrates, a system to which the sensory impulses are transmitted and from which motor impulses pass out. a. In radially symmetric animals, structured in the form of one or two rings. b. In elongate animals, usually consists of an anterior bilobed cerebral ganglion (brain), and paired longitudinal ventral cords that are usually connected by the circumesophageal nerve ring.

central nervous system: translation

In vertebrates, the brain and spinal cord. In invertebrates, the CNS is composed of the segmental ganglia of the ventral nerve cord together with the fused ganglia or brain at the anterior end.

central nervous system: translation

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