Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. [ Wikipedia:White_matter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

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uberon_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

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]

UBPROP 0000003

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]

UBPROP 0000012

nlx_anat_101177 seems to have been lost in the transition from NIFGA to Neurolex

definition

Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system.

depicted by

Spinal:nerve.svg

has exact synonym

white matter of neuraxis

CNS tract/commissure

neuronal white matter

white substance

has related synonym

substantia alba

CNS tracts and commissures

CNS white matter

white mater

id

UBERON:0002316