Nervous System

Definition: Nervous System

Nervous System

Noun

1. The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells.

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Medicine

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Synonym: Nervous System

Crosswords: Nervous System

A twinge at the small of your back as the poison seizes your nervous system - (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

Drugs and the Nervous System (1972)

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Books

• The Role of Adenosine in the Nervous System (reference)

• Axonal Regeneration in the Central Nervous System (reference)

• Growth and Regeneration of Axons in the Nervous System (reference)

• Oncology Overviews: Selected Abstracts on Biological Markers of Central Nervous System Neoplasms (reference)

• The Cellular Basis of Central Nervous System Hiv-1 Infection and the AIDS Dementia Complex (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Pain And Central Nervous System Week - Incls Free Email Service (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Just the Facts: The Human Body - The Nervous System (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Central Nervous System (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Shown is a microscopic view of ganglioneuroblastoma, which is a growth on ganglia in the nervous system. Magnified X25. (S91-2171).Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

This photomicrograph reveals central nervous system syphilis, causing general paresis, or paretic neurosyphilis. Numerous treponemes can be identified using silver impregnation technique; magnification 950X.Credit: CDC.

Salmonella septicemia has been associated with subsequent infection of virtually every organ system, and the nervous system is no exception. Here we see an acute inflammatory encephalitis due to S. typhi bacteria.Credit: CDC.

The poliovirus lives in the human pharynx and intestinal tract. Poliomyelitis is an acute infection that involves the gastrointestinal tract and, occasionally, the central nervous system. It is acquired by fecal-oral transmission.Credit: CDC.

Pulmonary disease common symptoms are fever, cough, and chest pain; for central nervous system disease symptoms are usually headache, lethargy, confusion, seizures, and sudden onset of neurologic deficit.Credit: CDC.

[A child with kuru, a fatal nervous system disorder] / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Children with kuru, a fatal nervous system disorder] / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke : Exploring the Brain, the Nervous System, and the Senses of Communication / Robert J. Demarest.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The Nervous System / Engraved and printed by W. and A.K. Johnston.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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It is her time of life, and then the nervous system has something to do with it.

Our flesh shrinks from what it dreads and responds to the stimulus of what it desires by a purely reflex action of the nervous system.

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Health

The nervous system helps direct body movements. (references)

As the child gets older, the nervous system develops. (references)

Methylphenidate is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. (references)

Business

Approximately 265,000 deaths were registered in 1997. The primary causes of mortality include heart and coronary diseases (28.6 percent); malignant tumors (19.2 percent); cerebrovascular diseases (8.5 percent); accidents (3.6 percent); blood disorders (4.1 percent); pneumonia and influenza (3.4 percent); nervous system disorders (2.0 percent); infections (1.8 percent); and other causes (28.9 percent). (references)

Economic History

Israel

U.S. beef is licensed for bone-in sales but products from the central nervous system are banned. (references)

Ireland

The four leading therapy areas are cardiovascular system - 21 per cent, central nervous system - 18 per cent, alimentary/metabolism - 18 per cent and respiratory -11 per cent. (references)

Japan

Japan's aging population is generating increased demand for pharmaceutical treatments for problems of cardiovascular, central nervous system, digestive system, diabetes mellitus, etc. (references)

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Expressions using "nervous system": Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System ♦ autonomic nervous system ♦ Autonomic Nervous System Diseases ♦ central nervous system ♦ Central Nervous System Agents ♦ Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Cysts ♦ Central Nervous System Depressants ♦ Central Nervous System Diseases ♦ Central Nervous System Fungal Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Helminthiasis ♦ Central Nervous System Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Neoplasms ♦ Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections ♦ Central Nervous System Stimulants ♦ Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations ♦ Central Nervous System Venous Angioma ♦ Central Nervous System Viral Diseases ♦ Enteric Nervous System ♦ Hereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases ♦ Nervous System Diseases ♦ Nervous System Malformations ♦ Nervous System Neoplasms ♦ Nervous System Physiology ♦ Parasympathetic Nervous System ♦ peripheral nervous system ♦ Peripheral Nervous System Agents ♦ Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ♦ Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms ♦ primary central nervous system lymphoma ♦ Sympathetic Nervous System ♦ the nervous system. Additional references.

Czech

nervový systém. (various references)

Danish

nervesystemet. (various references)

Dutch

zenuwstelsel. (various references)

Finnish

hermosto. (various references)

French

système nerveux. (various references)

German

nervensystem. (various references)

Greek 

νευρικό σύστημα (neural network). (various references)

Hungarian

idegrendszer. (various references)

Italian

nervatura (branch, crimping, nervation, nerves, plain rib, rib, ribbing, ribs, rolling, strengthening rib, veining, web, web of beam, web of rail, wing rib), sistema nervoso. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

神経系 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

し�"けいけい. (various references)

Manx

corys nearag. (various references)

Pig Latin

ervousnay ystemsay

Portuguese

crise nervosa (i). (various references)

Romanian

sistem nervos (nerves). (various references)

Russian 

нервная система. (various references)

Spanish

sistema nervioso. (various references)

Swedish

perifera nervsystemet (being branched from the central nervous system into all parts of the organism, peripheral nervous system, the part of the nervous system composed of nerves and ganglia), autonoma nervsystemet (autonomic nervous system). (various references)

Thai

ระบบประสาท. (various references)

Turkish

sinir sistemi. (various references)

Misspellings

"Nervous System" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nervos system, nervos systom, nevous system. (additional references)

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