Term Name: gray matter
Synonyms: gray mater, gray matter, gray matter of neuraxis, grey matter, grey matter of neuraxis, grey substance, grisea, neuronal grey matter, substantia grisea
Definition: A nervous system structure composed primarily of nerve cell bodies (somas). May also include dendrites and the initial unmyelinated portion of axons.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0002020]

Relationships
is a type of: central nervous system cell part cluster
has subtype: brain gray matter central gray substance cerebral hemisphere gray matter future facial nucleus future inferior salivatory nucleus future nucleus ambiguus future superior salivatory nucleus gray matter of diencephalon gray matter of forebrain gray matter of hindbrain gray matter of midbrain gray matter of spinal cord gray matter of telencephalon lumbar spinal cord gray matter midbrain basal plate nuclear complex of neuraxis pallidum sacral spinal cord gray matter