Assertion: gray matter | /r/HasProperty | gray
Facets:
value: in preserved tissue
type: LOCATION
value: due to the gray nuclei
type: CAUSE
value: in pink or light brown
type: OTHER
value: in cadavers
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Gray matter is gray because it contains cell bodies and short, nonmyelinated fibers.
text: The viruses invade the spinal cord in only 1-5% of those infected and, in these cases, specifically attack the gray substance (gray matter).
text: Gray matter, also called gray matter, comprises the areas of the central nervous system in which the sums of neurons predominate (that is, the part of the neuron in which its nucleus and its “body” are located)
text: It is called grey matter because it has a grey appearance in fresh material.
text: It is gray due to the gray nuclei that make up the cells within it.
text: Gray matter is gray due to the gray nuclei that make up the cells within it.
text: Gray matter (which is only gray in preserved tissue, and is better described as pink or light brown in living tissue) contains a high proportion of cell bodies of neurons.
text: It is gray only in cadavers; living gray matter is actually more pink than gray (see image below).
text: Gray matter, which is gray in preserved tissue but pink or light brown in living tissue, contains a relatively high proportion of neuron cell bodies.
text: Gray matter is gray not because it lacks myelin, but because it contains lots of other stuff besides myelinated axons.