Term Name: white matter
Synonyms: CNS tract/commissure, CNS white matter, white mater
Definition: Multi-tissue structure comprised largely of myelinated axons.
Appears at: Segmentation:20-25 somites (19.0h-22.0h)
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001682]

Relationships
is part of: central nervous system
is a type of: multi-tissue structure
has subtype: anterior catecholaminergic tract brainstem and spinal white matter cerebellar white matter decussation of medial funicular nucleus diencephalic white matter dorsomedial optic tract endohypothalamic tract hindbrain commissure intertectal commissure lateral forebrain bundle medial forebrain bundle medial longitudinal catecholaminergic tract preopticohypophyseal tract preopticohypothalamic tract retinotectal tract rostral cerebellar tract rostral mesencephalo-cerebellar tract secondary gustatory tract supraoptic tract telencephalic white matter tract of the caudal commissure tract of the commissure of the caudal tuberculum tract of the postoptic commissure ventral rhombencephalic commissure medulla oblongata

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