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nounthe portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cordtype of:part of:
Definition that contains cns
- motor conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
- centrifugal conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
- botulism food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly
- apractic having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder
- afferent of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
- efferent of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
- substantia alba whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
- apraxic having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder
- white matter whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
- motorial of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS