How to Use central nervous system in a Sentence

central nervous system

noun

• These include the central nervous system, the testes and the eye.
  — William Petri, The Conversation, 31 July 2020
• The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system (CNS).
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
• Alex lived at the whims of his central nervous system, and the first thing that tamed it was weed.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• The most well-known is lavender, which acts on the central nervous system.
  — Sallie Tisdale, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2018
• And, yet this virus is still able to sneak into the central nervous system.
  — Dr. Minali Nigam and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 29 July 2020
• The effects of the drug slow down the central nervous system and may cause sleepiness and relaxed mood.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Oct. 2024
• The virus attacks the central nervous system, which leads to brain disease and death.
  — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2020
• The disease impacts the central nervous system—the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.
  — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
• Your central nervous system contains a spinal cord and a 3-pound brain.
  — WIRED, 31 Oct. 2022
• In 8% of Burkitt lymphoma cases, the cancer will spread to the central nervous system.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2020
• Plus is Fipronil, which works by inhibiting the central nervous system of fleas and ticks.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• In both of these cases, not enough blood is getting to the central nervous system (the brain, the spinal cord and the retinas), which can lead to cell death -- the hallmark of a stroke.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 July 2023
• That is not for sure because the virus can remain present in other places in the body (mainly in the central nervous system).
  — Esther Nakkazi, CNN, 26 Mar. 2021
• This one has ibotenic acid and muscimol, which act on the central nervous system.
  — Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020
• Those can be problems with the central nervous system or even a tumor.
  — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• The West Nile virus is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system.
  — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2019
• Sarah Hwang was diagnosed in 1999 with MS, a disease of the central nervous system.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2020
• Tardigrades have eight legs with claws at the end, a brain and a central nervous system, and a sucker-like pharynx behind their mouth.
  — Cnn, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2019
• That taxes your central nervous system and your whole body.
  — Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
• Its head grows a cluster of nerve cells that serve as a brain, along with a central nervous system that extends throughout its body.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
• The chemical acts on crows’ central nervous system and sends the birds into convulsions, scaring the rest of the flock.
  — Tove Danovich, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
• The peripheral nerves also carry signals from the central nervous system to the rest of the body.
  — The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2020
• The Ebola virus can persist in their bodies, including in the eyes and the central nervous system, even after being cleared from the rest of the body.
  — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 29 Dec. 2020
• The finding is striking for a variety of reasons—there’s the pesky fact that plants lack a central nervous system, for one thing.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2017
• All four are part of the central nervous system, which does not repair itself when damaged.
  — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2024
• More than 90 percent of drugs that target the central nervous system fail in trials.
  — Juan Enriquez, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022
• The rabies virus attacks the central nervous system and causes disease and brain death.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
• About half of all rare conditions affect the brain and central nervous system.
  — Craig Martin, STAT, 23 July 2022
• This channel is not expressed in the brain or anywhere else in the central nervous system, therefore the drug does not have addictive properties like opioids, according to Vertex.
  — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
• The medication therefore avoids the addictive potential of opioids, which work by binding to opioid receptors throughout the central nervous system, in both the brain and spinal cord.
  — Alice Park, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025