cerebrospinal nervous system

American  

noun

1. central nervous system.

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Etymology

Origin of cerebrospinal nervous system

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Controlling the Inner Man Through the cerebrospinal nervous system, the mind is able to dominate much of the body: how a man walks, talks, or wiggles his fingers is controllable by reason and will.

From Time Magazine Archive

She doubtless heard him yearn to be the first anatomist to make a thorough dissection of the human cerebrospinal nervous system from head to heel, from spine to sternum.

From Time Magazine Archive

To them, the brain, cathedral of human intelligence, is no more than 2� lb. of raw meat, the cerebrospinal nervous system, conveyor of human will to muscles, a set of puppeteer's strings; the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, a network of complex paths, lanes, byways and highways through which the human soul moves strangely.

From Time Magazine Archive