central nervous system 1
noundomain: body part
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
Hypernym
system 6
noun
a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
Substance_meronym
white matter 1
noun
whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
Part_meronym
nervous system 1
noun
the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
neuroglia 1
noun
sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
brain 1
noun
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord
spinal cord 1
noun
a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region
EnglishSubstance_holonym
white matter 1
noun
whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
Part_holonym
nervous system 1
noun
the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
neuroglia 1
noun
sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
brain 1
noun
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord
spinal cord 1
noun
a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region
