Preferred Name |
white matter |
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Synonyms |
white matter of neuraxis neuronal white matter CNS tract/commissure white substance substantia alba white mater CNS tracts and commissures CNS white matter |
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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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composed primarily of | ||
database_cross_reference |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_matter http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0682708 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=2870 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/nlx_412 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33892 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/nlx_anat_101177 ZFA:0001682 HBA:9218 AEO:0001011 UMLS:C0682708 MA:0001135 AEO:0000139 OpenCyc:Mx4rwOAsDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA TAO:0000145 EMAPA:35927 VHOG:0001764 TAO:0002143 TAO:0002142 PBA:294022044 FMA:83929 |
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definition |
Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. |
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depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Spinal_nerve.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Grey_matter_and_white_matter_-_very_high_mag.jpg |
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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_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
substantia alba white mater CNS tracts and commissures CNS white matter |
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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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id |
UBERON:0002316 |
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imported from | ||
in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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label |
white matter |
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notation |
UBERON:0002316 |
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part_of | ||
prefLabel |
white matter |
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subClassOf |