| NOUN | body | nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway | a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain |
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| Meaning | A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain. | |
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| Synonyms | tract, nerve tract, pathway | |
| Narrower | commissure | A bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord |
| optic radiation, radiatio optica | A nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex | |
| peduncle, cerebral peduncle | A bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain | |
| Broader | white matter, substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
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