Noun
the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
Source: WordNetWhen we put our central nervous system outside us we returned to the primal nomadic state. Marshall McLuhan
Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system. George Crumb
Perfect replication is the enemy of any robust system... Lacking a central nervous system much less a brain the parasite is a simple system designed to compromise a very specific target host. The more uniform the host, the more effective the infestation. Daniel Suarez
Any citizen, with the help of the organ banks, can live as long as it takes his central nervous system to wear out. Larry Niven
Systems theory is antireductionist; it asserts that no system can be adequately understood or totally explained once it has been broken down into its component parts. (For example, the central nervous system carries out thought processes would not occur if only parts were used.) Charles Zastrow
Museums are custodians of epiphanies, and these epiphanies enter the central nervous system and deep recesses of the mind. George Lois