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White matter is one of the three main solid components of the central nervous system. White matter tissue of the freshly cut brain appears white to the naked eye because of being composed largely of lipid. The other two components of the brain are gray matter and substantia nigra.
White matter is composed of bundles of myelin nerve cell processes (or axon), which connect various gray matter areas (the locations of nerve cell bodies) of the brain to each other, and carry nerve impulse between...
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