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fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle
a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
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neuropil, neuropile
the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded
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gray matter, gray substance, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea
greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
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substantia alba, white matter
whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
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fornix, trigonum cerebrale
an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies
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nerve, nervus
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
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nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract
a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
