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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.
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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.
Why is brain called gray matter?
Brain tissue is called gray matter because it is gray.
Is grey matter a disease of the brain like alzheimers?
Gray matter is a normal part of the brain, not a disease.
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.
Where are myelinated neurons especially abundant?
white matter in the brain and the white matter in the spinal cord.
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 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.
Brain Surge what is the brain matter?
say what?
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.
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.
Why is brain called gray matter?
Brain tissue is called gray matter because it is gray.
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.
Is grey matter a disease of the brain like alzheimers?
Gray matter is a normal part of the brain, not a disease.
Can humans live with gray matter on brain?
Yes, all humans have grey matter on the surface of their brain.
What does the brain have in it?
grey matter.
Is grey matter a disease of the brain that would cause alzheimers?
Gray matter is a normal part of the brain, not a disease.
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.
