Definition of cns Cns

CNS

We found 3 definitions of cns from 3 different sources.

What does cns mean?

Noun
cns - the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
		central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
		system instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
		nervous system, systema nervosum the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
		glia, neuroglia 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
		encephalon, brain that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
		substantia alba, white matter whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
		corticospinal tract, pyramidal motor system, pyramidal tract 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