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

• Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় স্নায়ুতন্ত্র (kendriẏo snaẏutontro)
• Chinese:

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

  Hokkien: 中樞神經系統 / 中枢神经系统 (tiong-chhu sîn-keng hē-thóng)

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

• Czech: centrální nervová soustava f
• Danish: centralnervesystem n
• Dutch: centraal zenuwstelsel n
• Esperanto: centra nerva sistemo
• Estonian: kesknärvisüsteem
• Finnish: keskushermosto (fi)
• French: système nerveux central (fr) m
• Galician: sistema nervioso central (gl) m
• German: Zentralnervensystem (de) n
• Greek: κεντρικό νευρικό σύστημα n (kentrikó nevrikó sýstima)
• Hungarian: központi idegrendszer (hu)
• Icelandic: miðtaugakerfi (is) n
• Indonesian: sistem saraf pusat
• Italian: sistema nervoso centrale (it) m
• Japanese: 中枢神経系 (ja) (ちゅうすうしんけいけい, chūsū shinkeikei)
• Kazakh: орталық жүйке жүйесі (ortalyq jüike jüiesı)
• Korean: 중추신경계통(中樞神經系統) (jungchusin'gyeonggyetong)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: demarekoendama navendî f

• Kyrgyz: борбордук нерв системасы (borborduk nerv sisteması)
• Latin: systema nervosum centrale m
• Polish: ośrodkowy układ nerwowy m
• 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
• Tamil: மைய நரம்பு மண்டலம் (maiya narampu maṇṭalam)
• Thai: ระบบประสาทกลาง (rá-bòp-bprà-sàat-glaang)
• Vietnamese: hệ thần kinh trung ương (vi) (系神經中央)

See also

• peripheral nervous system