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white matter

DEFINITIONS OF: white matter

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n whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths

Synonyms:
substantia alba
Types:
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nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract
a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
optic radiation, radiatio optica
a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex
commissure
a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
cerebral peduncle, peduncle
a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain
Type of:
nerve tissue, nervous tissue
tissue composed of neurons
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