Much later, in the central scene of Act II, Amelia, having had a nervous breakdown, lies unconscious in a hospital bed.
"At least I'd have the confidence that I'm not going to go to a job interview and have huge sweat stains under my arms, which will make people perceive that I'm nervous or lying or I don't know what I'm talking about".
The central nervous system lies largely within the axial skeleton, the brain being well protected by the cranium and the spinal cord by the vertebral column, by means of the bony neural arches (the arches of bone that encircle the spinal cord) and the intervening ligaments.
However, the real power of the central nervous system lies in the smooth coordination of large numbers of neurons.
Because the enteric nervous system lies within the myenteric plexus between the muscle layers of the stomach, it is not accessible by standard biopsy forceps.
If this is the case, they might be nervous or lying and trying to buy time.
I remember having butterflies in my stomach beforehand, worried and nervous of what lay in store.
They were all nervous about what lay ahead.
Very quickly it became obvious that the central nervous system of Whitehall lay in the daily negotiations between me and Cameron.
I don't want to feel nervous, so I lie here and imagine myself in the in-between room.
