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Nerve tissue   /nərv tˈɪsjˌu/   Listen
Nerve tissue

noun
1.
Tissue composed of neurons.  Synonym: nervous tissue.





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"Nerve tissue" Quotes from Famous Books



... though that knowledge be but superficial. Taking the intestines, for example, we see under the microscope that they are composed of layers of different tissues, called connective, epithelial, muscle, and nerve tissue; the first two forming a large part ...
— Intestinal Ills • Alcinous Burton Jamison
... region, and results from forcible stretching of the cord by acute flexion of the neck. The blood is usually effused into the anterior cornua of the grey matter and into the central canal, and there is a varying degree of laceration of the nerve tissue, in addition to pressure exerted by ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Nerve tissue" :   substantia grisea, substantia alba, animal tissue, grey matter, nervous tissue, fibre bundle, neuropil, grey substance, fiber bundle, white matter, systema nervosum, nervous system, neuropile, gray substance, fascicle, fasciculus, gray matter


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