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substantia alba
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White matter
White matter is a component of the central nervous system, in the brain and superficial spinal cord, and consists mostly of glial cells and myelinated axons that transmit signals from one region of the cerebrum to another and between the cerebrum and lower brain centers.
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substantia alba
Noun
1. whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
(synonym) white matter
(hypernym) nervous tissue, nerve tissue
(hyponym) nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway
(substance-holonym) central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
(part-meronym) fibrous astrocyte
