Term Name: white matter
Synonyms: CNS tract/commissure, CNS tracts and commissures, CNS white matter, neuronal white matter, substantia alba, white mater, white matter of neuraxis, white substance
Definition: Neural tissue consisting of myelinated axons connecting grey matter areas of the central nervous system.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0002316]

Relationships
has parts: body of fornix brachium of inferior colliculus corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts corticospinal tract fasciculus of brain funiculus of neuraxis gracile fasciculus hilum of neuraxis nervous system lemniscus neural decussation reticulospinal tract spinocerebellar tract tract of brain tract of spinal cord white matter lamina of neuraxis
is a type of: central nervous system cell part cluster
has subtype: amiculum brain white matter brainstem and spinal white matter brainstem white matter cerebral hemisphere white matter diencephalic white matter endohypothalamic tract lateral forebrain bundle lumbar spinal cord white matter medial longitudinal catecholaminergic tract peduncle of neuraxis periventricular white matter posterior parahippocampal white matter preopticohypothalamic tract rostral cerebellar tract rostral mesencephalo-cerebellar tract sacral spinal cord white matter stria of neuraxis white matter of cerebellum white matter of forebrain white matter of hindbrain white matter of medulla oblongata white matter of metencephalon white matter of midbrain white matter of myelencephalon white matter of pons white matter of pontine tegmentum white matter of spinal cord white matter of telencephalon white matter of the cerebellar cortex white matter radiation