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An overview of the human nervous system.

nervous system ‎(plural nervous systems)

(neuroanatomy) An organ system that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.

system which coordinates the activity of the body

Arabic: جِهَاز عَصَبِيّ m ‎(jihāz ʿaṣabiyy)
Egyptian Arabic: جهاز عصبي m ‎(gehaaz ʕaṣabi)
Asturian: sistema nerviosu m
Azeri: sinir sistemi (az)
Catalan: sistema nerviós m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 神經系統, 神经系统 ‎(san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²)

Hakka: 神經系統, 神经系统 ‎(sṳ̀n-kîn he-thúng)

Mandarin: 神經系統 (zh), 神经系统 (zh) ‎(shénjīng xìtǒng)

Min Nan: 神經系統, 神经系统 ‎(sîn-keng-hē-thóng)
Czech: nervová soustava f
Danish: nervesystem
Dutch: zenuwstelsel (nl) n, zenuwgestel (nl) n
Esperanto: nerva sistemo
Finnish: hermosto (fi) n
French: système nerveux (fr) m
Galician: sistema nervioso (gl) m

Gray, Henry (1918), “Neurology”, in Anatomy of the Human Body (in English), 20th edition edition, Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, ISBN 1587341026, published 2000