Term Name: central nervous system
Synonyms: cerebrospinal axis, CNS, neuraxis, systema nervosum centrale
Definition: The central nervous system is the core nervous system that serves an integrating and coordinating function. In vertebrates it consists of the neural tube derivatives: the brain and spinal cord. In invertebrates it includes central ganglia plus nerve cord.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0001017]

Relationships
is part of: nervous system
has parts: brain central nervous system cell part cluster central nervous system macrophage central nervous system neuron central nervous system pericyte circuit part of central nervous system CNS interneuron CNS neuron (sensu Nematoda and Protostomia) CNS neuron (sensu Vertebrata) future spinal cord ganglion of central nervous system hindbrain-spinal cord boundary infundibular organ lumen of central nervous system meningeal cluster microglial cell neural nucleus neuronal stem cell neuropil oligodendrocyte oligodendrocyte precursor cell parenchyma of central nervous system Reissner's fiber spinal cord stomatogastric nervous system ventricular system of central nervous system
is a type of: ectoderm-derived structure organ system subdivision
has subtype: adult central nervous system embryonic/larval central nervous system
immediate_transformation_of: future central nervous system