集しゅう中ちゅう神しん経けい系けい

noun

concentrated nervous system

Biological term referring to a nervous system where neurons are clustered into a central structure, such as a brain or nerve cord. Contrasts with 散在神経系 (diffuse nervous system).

See also: 散在神経系

• 脊せき椎つい動どう物ぶつは集しゅう中ちゅう神しん経けい系けいを持もつ。

  Vertebrates have a concentrated nervous system.

• 集しゅう中ちゅう神しん経けい系けいは散さん在ざい神しん経けい系けいよりも情じょう報ほう処しょ理りが効こう率りつ的てきだ。

  A concentrated nervous system processes information more efficiently than a diffuse nervous system.