Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system.
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]
Synonyms: white matter of neuraxis CNS tract/commissure neuronal white matter white substance
Term information
- UMLS:C0682708
- EMAPA:35927
- TAO:0002142
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0682708
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=2870
- NCIT:C33892
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_matter
- HBA:9218
- FMA:83929
- NLXANAT:101177
- TAO:0000145
- PBA:294022044
- NLX:412
- ZFA:0001682
- AEO:0001011
- VHOG:0001764
- MA:0001135
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwOAsDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- AEO:0000139
- TAO:0002143
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
EMAPA:35927
AEO:0000139
ZFA:0001682
UMLS:C0682708
MA:0001135
OpenCyc:Mx4rwOAsDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
FMA:83929
http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=2870
AEO:0001011
VHOG:0001764
TAO:0002143
HBA:9218
TAO:0002142
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_matter
NCIT:C33892
PBA:294022044
TAO:0000145
NLX:412
NLXANAT:101177
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0682708
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Grey_matter_and_white_matter_-_very_high_mag.jpg
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Spinal_nerve.svg
nlx_anat_101177 seems to have been lost in the transition from NIFGA to Neurolex
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]