NOUN | body | substantia alba, white matter | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
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Meaning | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths. | |
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Synonym | white matter | |
Parts | fibrous astrocyte | star-shaped cells with long processes |
Narrower | nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway | A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain |
Broader | nervous tissue, nerve tissue | tissue composed of neurons |
Substance of | central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale | The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
Spanish | sustancia blanca | |
Catalan | substància blanca |
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