Preferred Name |
white matter |
Synonyms |
white substance substantia alba white mater white matter of neuraxis CNS white matter CNS tracts and commissures CNS tract/commissure neuronal white matter |
Definitions |
Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002316 |
composed primarily of | |
database_cross_reference |
TAO:0000145 ZFA:0001682 EMAPA:35927 TAO:0002143 AEO:0001011 FMA:83929 AEO:0000139 UMLS:C0682708 VHOG:0001764 TAO:0002142 PBA:294022044 OpenCyc:Mx4rwOAsDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA MA:0001135 HBA:9218 NCIT:C33892 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=2870 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0682708 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/nlx_anat_101177 |
definition |
Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. |
depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Grey_matter_and_white_matter_-_very_high_mag.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Spinal_nerve.svg |
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]. |
external_ontology_notes |
nlx_anat_101177 seems to have been lost in the transition from NIFGA to Neurolex |
has_exact_synonym |
white substance white matter of neuraxis CNS tract/commissure neuronal white matter |
has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
has_related_synonym |
substantia alba white mater CNS white matter CNS tracts and commissures |
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] |
id |
UBERON:0002316 |
in_subset | |
label |
white matter |
notation |
UBERON:0002316 |
prefLabel |
white matter |
subClassOf |