NERVOUS TISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nervous tissue mean? 

• NERVOUS TISSUE (noun)
  The noun NERVOUS TISSUE has 1 sense:

1. tissue composed of neurons

  Familiarity information: NERVOUS TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERVOUS TISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tissue composed of neurons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nerve tissue; nervous tissue

Hypernyms ("nervous tissue" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nervous 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 ("nervous tissue" is a part of...):

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)

 Context examples 

Paraganglia are a collection of cells that came from embryonic nervous tissue, and are found near the adrenal glands and some blood vessels and nerves.

(Paraganglioma, NCI Dictionary)

Plasmalogens are relatively rare in some tissues but form a significant fraction of the membranes in nervous tissue.

(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It exhibits neurite outgrowth-promoting activity and may play a role in nervous tissue development and/or maintenance.

(Pleiotrophin, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

A rare, inherited disorder marked by tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and tumors that form in embryonic nervous tissue in the head, neck, and torso.

(Carney dyad, NCI Dictionary)

Processes by which certain microorganisms and toxins are attracted to nervous tissue.

(Neurotropism, NCI Thesaurus)

A cluster of nervous tissue principally composed of neuronal cell bodies external to the central nervous system (CNS).

(Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus)

The nervous tissue found in that part of the central nervous system that is lodged in the vertebral canal.

(Gray Matter of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

A collection of cells that came from embryonic nervous tissue, and are found near the adrenal glands and some blood vessels and nerves.

(Paraganglia, NCI Dictionary)

A very rare disorder marked by tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (usually the stomach), tumors that form in embryonic nervous tissue in the head, neck, and torso, and tumors that form in cartilage in the lungs.

(Carney triad, NCI Dictionary)