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gray matter

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A nervous system structure composed primarily of nerve cell bodies (somas). May also include dendrites and the initial unmyelinated portion of axons. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_matter ]

Synonyms: grey substance, gray matter of neuraxis, gray matter, substantia grisea, grey matter, neuronal grey matter, grey matter of neuraxis

Term info

database cross reference
  • EHDAA2:0003136
  • VHOG:0001768
  • EHDAA2_RETIRED:0004658
  • ZFA:0001681
  • Wikipedia:Gray_matter
  • HBA:4006
  • UMLS:C0018220 (ncithesaurus:Gray_Matter)
  • neuronames:2869
  • MESH:D066128
  • AEO:0001012
  • FMA:67242
  • NCIT:C32695
  • TAO:0002197
  • EMAPA:37596 (MA:th)
  • MA:0001112
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

Multi-tissue comprised of neurons, dendrites, axon terminals, glial cells, and capillaries.[TAO]

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Spinal_nerve.svg

has related synonym

gray mater, grisea

id

UBERON:0002020

prefLabel

gray matter, Gray matter of neuraxis