Nerve Cord

Nerve cord may refer to the following structures:

  • in invertebrates, it refers to the ventral nerve cord, whereas
  • in chordates, it stands for the dorsal nerve cord.


Famous quotes containing the words nerve and/or cord:

    “There must be some nerve and heroism in our love, as of a winter morning.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 4:9-12.