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To oversimplify it significantly with an analogy, the grey matter is data processing neurons and the white matter is the myelin insulated cabling axons of those neurons that interconnects them to exchange data. Myelin is fatty, giving the white color to the white matter.
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∙ 13y agoGrey matter consists of populations of neuron cell bodies scattered throughout the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). The most well-known examples are the cerebral cortex (the outer edge of the brain) and the centre of the spinal cord.
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∙ 12y agoOne unique aspect of the brain is how white and gray matter are dispersed throughout the various regions of the brain. The cerebellum, located posteriorly to other portions of the brain has the gray matter enveloping the white matter (white matter is called 'arbor vitae' in the cerebellum). The cerebrum, which is divided into lobes, has white matter enveloping gray matter. The spinal cord follows this design as well (white surrounding gray matter).
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Where is the basal ganglia located?
Both sides, in the lower middle part of the brain.
Some of brain structures consist of gray or white matter what are they?
White matter is found in the inside of the brain and the spinal cord. Grey matter is found in most parts of the brain including the cerebellum and brain stem.
How do cells communicate in the brain between white matter and grey matter?
white matter is the area of the brain that contains neurons having what is called a myelin sheath. This sheath is a fatty coating between neuronal connections that makes communication between them much faster and more efficient. This is generally associated with well learned or heavily used connections. For example, your mother's name will certainly have this myelin sheath whereas that person you just met five minutes ago will take continued reinforcement to remember. grey matter is the brain's remaining area for potential growth and connections. white and grey areas are not separate entities that communicate per se. think of grey matter as undeveloped rural land with few or no roads, and white matter as a city with many venues of communication and a high density of information. grey matter is the brain's potential. thus the saying "use your grey matter".
Does the hippocampus count as gray or white matter?
grey matter
Is grey matter a disease of the brain like alzheimers?
Gray matter is a normal part of the brain, not a disease.
Where is White matter in the brain?
Grey matter is on the surface of the brain - it is the computing side. White matter is in the cenre of the brain it is the wires that join the computers.
White matter is found in?
In your brain surrounded by grey matter
What cells are in the brain?
There are two tissues that makes up the brain and the spinal cord. These are called the grey matter and the white matter. Grey matter is what covers about a half an inch of the brain. White matter is what makes up everything else of the brain.
Where is grey matter located in the spinal cord?
It isn't. while there may gooey grey fleshy mass in the spine it is not THE grey matter. Our Brains and all the their mass is located inside the skull only.
What are the three types of tissues in the brain?
grey matter, white matter and neuraglia
What is in a brain?
Inside a brain is: grey matter (the bodies of the brain cells) and white matter (the fat covered projections of the brain cells).
Where is the basal ganglia located?
Both sides, in the lower middle part of the brain.
Some of brain structures consist of gray or white matter what are they?
White matter is found in the inside of the brain and the spinal cord. Grey matter is found in most parts of the brain including the cerebellum and brain stem.
Where does the spinal cord have gray matter?
The grey matter on a spinal cord is on the spinal roots.
What makes brain matter white?
The myelin sheaths found on axons in the brain ("myelinated axons") gives most brain tissue a white color (= "white matter"). The grey, unmyelinated sell bodies, or "soma," of these axons reside in areas of the brain commonly referred to as "grey matter." Ben
What is Gray matter on the surface of cerebral hemisphere?
Grey matter is the neural cells of the brain. White matter is the axon fat which surrounds the nerves in sheaths for protection. Grey matter can also be spelt Gray matter and the name comes from the simple appearance and the colour of the brain's lobes.
What does the brain have in it?
grey matter.
