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Nervous system

In biology, the nervous system is the highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body. The nervous system detects environmental changes that impact the body, then works in tandem with the endocrine system to respond to such events. Nervous tissue first…

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FMA
7157
Latin
systema nervosum
MeSH
D009420
TA98
A14.0.00.000

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Nervous system

Nodes269
Edges268
Triples107
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007435
Components1

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Nervous system

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related to Pathology · 14
Nervous system → Although, Barré, Chemically, CNS, Damage, Guillain, If, In, It, Many, Physically, PNS, The, These
related to Neural circuits and systems · 9
Nervous system → Charles Sherrington, Descartes, Historically, In, Networks, The, The Integrative Action, Walter Pitts, Warren McCulloch
related to Structure · 9
Nervous system → All, Ediacaran, Egyptians, Greeks, However, In, Nerves, Romans, The
related to Function · 7
Nervous system → At, In, It, One, The, There, Thus
related to Anatomy in vertebrates · 6
Nervous system → CNS, PNS, Some, The, The CNS, The PNS
related to External links · 5
Nervous system → Homepage, The Human Brain Project, The Nervous System, Wikibooks, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Further reading · 4
Nervous system → Nervous, Scholarpedia, Skaggs, William
is a · 3
Nervous system → appearance of a thin strip of cells along the center of the back, highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body, most thoroughly described of any animal's
related to Development · 3
Nervous system → All, In, The
FMA · 1
Nervous system → 7157

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nervous system neurons brain cells called body cell signals cord spinal neural nerves sensory neuron two nerve types synaptic ganglia

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Nervous systemFMA71571.00infobox
Nervous systemLatinsystema nervosum1.00infobox
Nervous systemMeSHD0094201.00infobox
Nervous systemTA98A14.0.00.0001.00infobox
Nervous systemis ahighly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body0.90text
Nervous systemis amost thoroughly described of any animal's0.90text
Nervous systemis aappearance of a thin strip of cells along the center of the back0.90text
multiple sclerosisinstance ofwhich can be due to different causes including diabetic neuropathy and demyelinating disorders0.80text
amyotrophic lateral sclerosisinstance ofwhich can be due to different causes including diabetic neuropathy and demyelinating disorders0.80text
slime molds have cell-to-cell signalling mechanisms that are precursors to those of neuronsinstance ofand non-animals0.80text
the jellyfishinstance ofIn radially symmetric animals0.80text
hydrainstance ofIn radially symmetric animals0.80text

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