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nervous_system

nervous system

English

An overview of the human nervous system.

Noun

nervous system (plural nervous systems)

  1. (neuroanatomy) 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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  • Gray, Henry (1918), Neurology”, in Anatomy of the Human Body (in English), 20th edition edition, Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, ISBN 1587341026, published 2000

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