nervous tissue

Noun

Meaning

tissue composed of neurons

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

nerve tissue neurilemma axon neuroglia endoneurium perineurium Schwann neurons cerebral matter greyish nervous tissue brain tissue central nervous system tissue cerebellar tissue cerebral tissue neuroglial cells
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Hypernyms

animal tissue

Hyponyms

gray matter fascicle fasciculus grey matter fiber bundle fibre bundle

Examples

Nervous tissue first arose in wormlike organisms about 550 to 600 million years ago. Source: Internet

Nervous tissue Nervous tissue is composed of many nerve cells known as neurons which transmit information. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nervous system nervous system disease nervous system tissue nervous wreck nervously nervousness