white matter
Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_matter ]
Term info
white matter
- CNS tract/commissure
- neuronal white matter
- white matter of neuraxis
- white substance
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
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
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]
nlx_anat_101177 seems to have been lost in the transition from NIFGA to Neurolex
uberon
substantia alba, CNS tracts and commissures, CNS white matter, white mater
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]
UBERON:0002316
Term relations
- material entity
- central nervous system cell part cluster
- composed primarily of some myelinated nerve fiber