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nervous system

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The nervous system is an organ system containing predominantly neuron and glial cells. In bilaterally symmetrical organism, it is arranged in a network of tree-like structures connected to a central body. The main functions of the nervous system are to regulate and control body functions, and to receive sensory input, process this information, and generate behavior [CUMBO]. [ BIRNLEX:844 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_system http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-14-051288-8&isbn=1/ http://www.wormbase.org/db/gene/gene?name=rynl http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=curator http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=3110148986&isbn=1/ NLM:nervous+system ]

Synonyms: neurological system

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, cumbo, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

A regulatory system of the body that consists of neurons and neuroglial cells. The nervous system is divided into two parts, the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). (Source: BioGlossary, www.Biology-Text.com)[TAO], Anatomical system consisting of nerve bodies and nerve fibers which regulate the response of the body to external and internal stimuli.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

Nervous systems evolved in the ancestor of Eumetazoa.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000007

neural, nervous

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Nervous_system_diagram.png, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/TE-Nervous_system_diagram.svg

has related synonym

systema nervosum

has narrow synonym

nerve net

id

UBERON:0001016

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

never in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_6040

prefLabel

Nervous system