white matter

Term ID

UBERON:0002316

Synonyms

• CNS tract/commissure
• CNS tracts and commissures
• CNS white matter
• neuronal white matter
• substantia alba
• white mater
• white matter of neuraxis
• white substance

Definition

Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system. (2)

References

• AEO:0000139
• AEO:0001011
• EMAPA:35927
• HBA:9218
• MA:0001135
• NCIT:C33892
• OpenCyc:Mx4rwOAsDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
• PBA:294022044
• TAO:0000145
• TAO:0002142
• TAO:0002143
• UMLS:C0682708
• VHOG:0001764
• White:matter
• ZFA:0001682
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=2870
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0682708
• nlx:412
• nlx_anat:101177

Ontology

Cell Ontology