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Nervous tissue   /nˈərvəs tˈɪsjˌu/   Listen
Nervous tissue

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






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"Nervous tissue" Quotes from Famous Books



... inquiries into the structure of the nervous system of animals converge towards the conclusion that the nerve fibres, which we have hitherto regarded as ultimate elements of nervous tissue, are not such, but are simply the visible aggregations of vastly more attenuated filaments, the diameter of which dwindles down to the limits of our present microscopic vision, greatly as these have been extended ...
— Discourses - Biological and Geological Essays • Thomas H. Huxley



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



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