RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function

Synonyms:

RAS; reticular activating system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("reticular activating system" is a kind of...):

neural net; neural network (any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body)

Holonyms ("reticular activating system" is a part of...):

reticular formation; RF (a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone)

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