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The white matter is the substance of the brain and spinal cord that contains the fibre tracts of neuronal axons in the central nervous system. The term is due to the paler colour of the lipid-rich myelin that encaseencases the axons in the tracts compared to the grey matter, which contains predominantly the neuronal cell bodies.
-<p>The <strong>white matter </strong>is the substance of the <a title="Brain" href="/articles/brain">brain</a> and <a title="Spinal cord anatomy" href="/articles/spinal-cord">spinal cord </a>that contains the <a title="White matter tracts" href="/articles/white-matter-tracts">fibre tracts of neuronal axons</a> in the central nervous system. The term is due to the paler colour of the lipid-rich myelin that encase the axons in the tracts compared to the <a title="Grey matter" href="/articles/grey-matter">grey matter</a>, which contains predominantly the neuronal cell bodies.</p>- +<p>The <strong>white matter </strong>is the substance of the <a href="/articles/brain">brain</a> and <a href="/articles/spinal-cord">spinal cord </a>that contains the <a href="/articles/white-matter-tracts">fibre tracts of neuronal axons</a> in the central nervous system. The term is due to the paler colour of the lipid-rich myelin that encases the axons in the tracts compared to the <a href="/articles/grey-matter">grey matter</a>, which contains predominantly the neuronal cell bodies.</p>
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