neural tissue
Nerve cell mass
Neural tissue is the biological material that makes up the nervous system—the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
It consists primarily of neurons, which transmit electrical signals, and glial cells, which support them.
Neural tissue enables sensation, movement, thought, and all nervous system functions: The surgeon carefully avoided damaging healthy neural tissue.
- spinal cordBrain's extension through vertebrae
- spinal nervesPaired vertebral neural branches
- astrocytesStar-shaped brain support cells
- myelin sheathLipid layer around axons
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
dendrites · axons · synapses · neuroplasticity · brain plasticity · blood brain barrier · gray matter · white matter · multiple sclerosis · cerebral cortex · sensory processing · pulsing · cranial nerves · ganglia · neurotransmitters · motor · impulses · firing
- tissuesadipose, bone, connective, dense, elastic
- brain anatomybrain, cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, cortex
- neuroscienceMRI, brain, neurons, synapses, dendrite
- neural tissueneurons, axons, dendrites, glia, neuroglia
- cellscells, blood cell, cell theory, red blood cell, cell structure
- cryogenicsliquid nitrogen, cryogenic, cryogenics, cryogenic storage, cryostat
neural tissuemuscle tissue
Contractile body material
muscle · connective tissue · bone tissue · skeletal muscle · cardiac muscle