Preferred Name | White Matter | |
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The nerve tissue forming the bulk of the deep parts of the brain and the superficial parts of the spinal cord. It is composed of nerve cell processes, i.e. extensions (axons), which connect various grey matter areas of the brain to each other and carry nerve impulses to and from the nerve cell bodies within the central nervous system (neurons). Cerebral and spinal white matter does not contain dendrites. White matter is distinguished in that it is composed of axonal nerve fibers covered by a myelin sheath. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C33892 |
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The nerve tissue forming the bulk of the deep parts of the brain and the superficial parts of the spinal cord. It is composed of nerve cell processes, i.e. extensions (axons), which connect various gray matter areas of the brain to each other and carry nerve impulses to and from the nerve cell bodies within the central nervous system (neurons). (NCI) |
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C33892 |
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The nerve tissue forming the bulk of the deep parts of the brain and the superficial parts of the spinal cord. It is composed of nerve cell processes, i.e. extensions (axons), which connect various grey matter areas of the brain to each other and carry nerve impulses to and from the nerve cell bodies within the central nervous system (neurons). Cerebral and spinal white matter does not contain dendrites. White matter is distinguished in that it is composed of axonal nerve fibers covered by a myelin sheath. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C157531 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C177537 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C156952 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C156953 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C78734 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C66830 |
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White Matter |
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Legacy Concept Name |
White_Matter |
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White Matter |
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Preferred_Name |
White Matter |
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NCIT:C33892 |
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White Matter |
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Tissue |
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UMLS_CUI |
C0682708 |
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