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NERVE TISSUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tissue composed of neurons
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nerve tissue" is a kind of...):
animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve tissue"):
fascicle; fasciculus; fiber bundle; fibre bundle (a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers))
neuropil; neuropile (the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded)
gray matter; gray substance; grey matter; grey substance; substantia grisea (greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons)
substantia alba; white matter (whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths)
Holonyms ("nerve tissue" is a part of...):
nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)
Context examples:
A substance that is poisonous to nerve tissue.
(Neurotoxin, NCI Dictionary)
It is characterized by progressive degeneration of the nerve tissues of the spinal cord.
(Friedreich Ataxia, NCI Thesaurus)
It focuses light rays that enter the eye through the pupil, making an image on the retina (light-sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye).
(Lens, NCI Dictionary)
The nerve tissue composed of nerve cell bodies, unmyelinated nerve fibers and supportive tissue found in the brain and spinal cord.
(Gray Matter, NCI Thesaurus)
Every part, brain and body, nerve tissue and fibre, was keyed to the most exquisite pitch; and between all the parts there was a perfect equilibrium or adjustment.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
A condition in which there is a slow breakdown of cells in the center of the retina (the light-sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye).
(Age-related macular degeneration, NCI Dictionary)
A thin layer of tissue that is part of the middle layer of the wall of the eye, between the sclera (white outer layer of the eye) and the retina (the inner layer of nerve tissue at the back of the eye).
(Choroid, NCI Dictionary)
Gangliosides are named as N-acetyl- (or N-glycoloyl-)neuraminosyl-(X)osylceramide, where (X) stands for the root name of the neutral oligosaccharide to which the sialosyl residue is attached ; found principally in nerve tissue, spleen, and thymus; GM1 accumulates in generalized gangliosidosis; GM2 accumulates in Tay-Sachs disease.
(Ganglioside, NCI Thesaurus)
Reconstitution of nerve tissue.
(Nerve Regeneration, NCI Thesaurus)
Monoclonal antibody N901-BR binds to CD56, a neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) that is expressed by tumor cells of neuroectodermal origin (including small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and neuroblastoma), and by normal cells (including neuroendocrine cells, cardiac muscle cells, and cells in peripheral nerve tissue).
(Monoclonal Antibody N901-bR, NCI Thesaurus)
