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Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Spinal Cord > Gray Matter
Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Gray Matter

Preferred term

Gray Matter  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Grey Matter
  • Grey Matters
  • Matter, Grey
  • Matters, Grey

Scope note

  • Region of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that appears darker in color than the other type, WHITE MATTER. It is composed of neuronal CELL BODIES; NEUROPIL; GLIAL CELLS and CAPILLARIES but few MYELINATED NERVE FIBERS.

History note

  • 2015

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D066128

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