nervous tissue

1. Tissue composed of neurons (synset 105304274)
   is a type of: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals
   subtypes:

   • fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle - a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
   • neuropil, neuropile - the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded
   • gray matter, gray substance, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea - greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
   • substantia alba, white matter - whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
   is a part of: nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
   same as: nerve tissue

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