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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

What is grey matter and white matter ?

One of the important  and vital questions of nervous system:
what is grey and white matter ?
Before explaining this we need to know about a neuron
  A neuron has two part
cell body and
processes : dendrites and an axon

if we arrange several neuron in single layer like following picture, we see cell body of neuron make a layer and processes of neuron makes a layer
Both this layer contain neuroglia and blood vessels
So, composition of grey and white matter is : 
Gray matter:  Neuron cell  bodies
                            Neuroglial cells
                            Blood vessels
White matter:  Processes  of neuron
                             Neuroglial cells
                             Blood vessels
Location of gray & white matter in the CNS
Cerebrum and cerebellum ,
Outer gray matter
Inner white matter
Spinal cord,
outer part white matter
Inner gray matter
  Why location of grey and white matter differ in different parts of CNS.

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