nervous system
121cerebrospinal nervous system — noun : the portion of the nervous system in vertebrates comprising the brain, cranial nerves, spinal cord, and the spinal nerves concerned with transmission of impulses from sense organs to the voluntary muscles compare autonomic nervous system …
122(the) nervous system — the nervous system UK US noun [countable] usually singular medical the system of nerves that sends and receives the signals that control your body and mind Thesaurus: brain and nervous systemhyponym …
123Stomatogastric nervous system — The Stomatogastric Nervous System is a commonly studied neural network composed of several ganglia in arthropods that controls the motion of the gut and foregut. The network of neurons acts as a central pattern generator. It is a model system for …
124somatic nervous system — the parts of the peripheral nervous system that are concerned with the transmission of impulses to and from the nonvisceral components of the body, such as the skeletal muscles, bones, joints, ligaments, skin, and eye and ear. Called also… …
125visceral nervous system — see stomogastric nervous system or sympathetic system …
126craniosacral part of autonomic nervous system — pars parasympathica divisionis autonomicae systematis nervosi; see parasympathetic nervous system, under system …
127parasympathetic part of autonomic division of nervous system — pars parasympathica divisionis autonomicae systematis nervosi; see parasympathetic nervous system, under system …
128sympathetic part of autonomic division of nervous system — pars sympathica divisionis autonomici systematis nervosi; see sympathetic nervous system, under system …