Central nervous system

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Narrower Terms 5 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

extrapyramidal tract

See for

CNS

Broader Terms

nervous system

Narrower Terms

brain, central neural pathway /tract, cerebrospinal fluid, gray matter, meninges, spinal cord, white matter

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Central Nervous System The central nervous system is divided into two parts: the brain and the spinal cord.
• As its name implies, the central nervous system is the center to whic ee4 h the other two systems feed their sensory information and from which they derive their motor output.
• The American College of Physicians has given us permission to make this information available to patients contacting our Website: Primary angiitis of the central nervous system is a rare disease characterized by vasculitis of small and medium arteries in the brain and spinal cord.
• [Note: A unique feature of cells of the central nervous system is that generally they are incapable of replicating in order to restore damaged tissue.
• Describe how the central nervous system is protected from injury.

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