loading...| Preferred Name | white matter | |
| Synonyms |
substantia alba white mater CNS tracts and commissures CNS white matter white matter of neuraxis neuronal white matter CNS tract/commissure white substance |
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| Definitions |
Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002316 |
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| altLabel |
substantia alba white mater CNS tracts and commissures CNS white matter white matter of neuraxis neuronal white matter CNS tract/commissure white substance |
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| definition |
Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Grey_matter_and_white_matter_-_very_high_mag.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Spinal_nerve.svg |
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| external_definition |
Multi-tissue structure comprised largely of myelinated axons.[TAO] Cell part cluster consisting predominantly of neurites in the brain and the spinal cord[FMA:83929]. |
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| external_ontology_notes |
nlx_anat_101177 seems to have been lost in the transition from NIFGA to Neurolex |
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| has exact synonym |
white matter of neuraxis neuronal white matter CNS tract/commissure white substance |
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| has related synonym |
substantia alba white mater CNS tracts and commissures CNS white matter |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| homology_notes |
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] |
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UBERON:0002316 |
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| label |
white matter |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002316 |
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| prefLabel |
white matter |
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| xRef |
ZFA:0001682 HBA:9218 AEO:0001011 Wikipedia:White_matter NLXANAT:101177 UMLS:C0682708 neuronames:2870 MA:0001135 AEO:0000139 TAO:0000145 EMAPA:35927 MESH:D066127 VHOG:0001764 NLX:412 NCIT:C33892 TAO:0002143 TAO:0002142 PBA:294022044 FMA:83929 |
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