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Some of brain structures consist of gray or white matter what are they?
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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.
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Where are myelinated neurons especially abundant?
white matter in the brain and the white matter in the spinal cord.
Where are the grey and white matter located in the brain?
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.
What is the gray-white matter junction in the brain?
Gray matter contains most of the neuronal cell bodies in the brain, and involves muscle control and the senses. White matter transfers the messages between different areas of the central nervous system.
Who discovered that the brain had both white and gray matter?
Franz Josef Gall
What is the white matter that lies beneath the cerebral cortex?
the corpus callosum. it also connects the brain's two hemispheres.
What structures compose white matter in the brain?
cerebellum
Do the pyramids consist of gray or white matter?
White matter
What does white matter contain?
The white matter consist of myelinated nerve fibers.
Do the olives consist of white of gray matter?
Gray Matter
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.
What does the white matter in the brain do?
No, the white matter in brain tissue is the area of brain tissue that contains the nerve fibre tracts with their covering of myelin which appears white.
Function of white matter in the brain?
The white matter is the area of the brain where signals travel to other parts of the brain. It is located in the subcortical area.
Does anterior commisure consist of gray or white matter?
gray
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.
What does the fornix function as in the brain?
the fornix connects the mamillary body to the hippocampus.
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).
White matter is found in?
In your brain surrounded by grey matter
