How to Use nervous system in a Sentence

nervous system

noun
  • The nervous system is a network of nerve cells that controls many parts of the body, including movement.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2024
  • According to the expert, magnesium can also help to lower our cortisol and therefore stress levels and support the function of our nervous system.
    Maria Goldbach, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The disease causes severe damage to the brain and the nervous system.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 17 June 2023
  • The nervous system is most sensitive in the ears, hands or feet.
    Greg Presto, Men's Health, 20 June 2022
  • Those hits on the nervous system can lead to symptoms both short-term and long-lasting.
    Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The immune system, the nervous system and the microbes that live on and in the body vary between males and females.
    Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Focusing on the breath will help your nervous system chill out, which can help ease the pain as well.
    Ali Nolan, SELF, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The whole thing was like an electric shock straight to women’s nervous systems.
    Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But your nervous system can’t tell the difference between the mental bear, and the real bear that’s in the room.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In the post, Christoff said masks trigger the nervous system to make wearers subservient.
    Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But in a small number of cases, infection can spread to the nervous system, skin and bones.
    David Axe, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2023
  • To ensure that control, the researchers had to wire into the roach’s nervous system.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Repeat the cycle a few times to calm your nervous system and to anchor yourself in the moment.
    Amy Paturel, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022
  • In this case, the variants seem to lower the threshold at which pain-detecting neurons fire and alert the rest of the nervous system to a threat.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • There can also be effects on the immune and nervous systems, Woodruff said.
    Sophia Vento, Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2023
  • White matter is the tissue that forms connections between brain cells and the rest of the nervous system.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
  • In my case, the bacteria has attacked the nervous system.
    For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The treatment ends with vibrational singing bowls and sound healing to calm the nervous system.
    Rona Berg, Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Box breathing, or square breathing, has been shown to relax the nervous system.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 11 July 2023
  • Explain to them that at a certain point, your nervous system shuts down and goes into flight, fight, or freeze.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 12 Oct. 2023
  • And every blip of the throttle strikes your nervous system like lightning.
    Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Close your eyes and take some slow, deep breaths, which can help regulate your nervous system.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Week, 26 July 2022
  • This calms the nervous system and reduces stress hormones.
    Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2022
  • As the child grows and becomes more independent, the nervous system alerts the child to check back in with their attachments.
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • That nervous system buildup can cause pain in the arms and legs, especially in hot weather.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 10 July 2023
  • No one in this clobber-comedy movie seems to have a nervous system.
    Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The final step is the response, which often uses the endocrine system or the nervous system.
    Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
  • Scientists have yet to stamp a date on when this happened, but nervous systems go way back.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 16 June 2023
  • That’s because arsenic and lead have been linked to brain and nervous system damage and cancer.
    Michael Scaturro, oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Surgery is sometimes necessary when the fungus infects the spine and other parts of the nervous system.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2023

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