nervous system
The nervous system is an organ system containing predominantly neuron and glial cells. In bilaterally symmetrical organism, it is arranged in a network of tree-like structures connected to a central body. The main functions of the nervous system are to regulate and control body functions, and to receive sensory input, process this information, and generate behavior [CUMBO]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the nervous system is
The nervous system is an organ system containing predominantly neuron and glial cells. In bilaterally symmetrical organism, it is arranged in a network of tree-like structures connected to a central body. The main functions of the nervous system are to regulate and control body functions, and to receive sensory input, process this information, and generate behavior [CUMBO]. The atlas records it as a system at the system scale in the human body.
Where the nervous system is
It sits within the nervous system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.
What the nervous system connects to
The atlas records 101 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. a kind of anatomical system.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the nervous system. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Also called
Also recorded as neurological system, nerve net and systema nervosum. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001016, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- A kind of: anatomical system.
- contains: accessory nerve fiber bundle, ansa peduncularis, arachnoid barrier layer, arthropod neurohemal organ, axon tract and brachial nerve plexus, and 76 more.
- develops into: facial nucleus, inferior salivatory nucleus, meninx, metencephalon, nucleus ambiguus and pterygopalatine ganglion, and 2 more.
- contributes to morphology of: autonomic nervous system, brain, ependyma and somatic nervous system.
- overlaps: entire sense organ system, olfactory system and sensory system.
- Develops from: embryo.
- left of: left vagus X nerve trunk.
- right of: right vagus X nerve trunk.
Questions
Where is the nervous system?
It sits within the nervous system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.
What does the nervous system connect to?
A kind of: anatomical system.
Is the nervous system the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.