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white matter
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Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_matter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
white matter
Synonyms
- CNS tract/commissure
- neuronal white matter
- white matter of neuraxis
- white substance
Subsets
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Grey_matter_and_white_matter_-_very_high_mag.jpg, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Spinal_nerve.svg
external definition
Cell part cluster consisting predominantly of neurites in the brain and the spinal cord[FMA:83929]., Multi-tissue structure comprised largely of myelinated axons.[TAO]
external ontology notes
nlx_anat_101177 seems to have been lost in the transition from NIFGA to Neurolex
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
substantia alba, CNS tracts and commissures, CNS white matter, white mater
homology notes
The myelination of axons by glial cells was the last major step in the evolution of cells in the vertebrate nervous system, and white-matter tracts are key to the architecture of the mammalian brain.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0002316