What is white matter?
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The white matter is called the white matter. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the nervous tissue made mostly of myelinated nerve fibers.
Summary
The white matter is called the white matter. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the nervous tissue made mostly of myelinated nerve fibers.
What it is
- The nervous tissue made mostly of myelinated nerve fibers.
- Its color comes from the fatty myelin sheath around the fibers.
- Carries signals between different regions of gray matter.
Where it is
- Lies deep to the gray matter of the cerebrum and cerebellum.
- Forms the outer part of the spinal cord.
- Bundled into tracts and commissures.
Sources
According to Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918, public domain):
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