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Definition of Nervous tissue
1. Noun. Tissue composed of neurons.
Generic synonyms: Animal Tissue
Group relationships: Nervous System, Systema Nervosum
Specialized synonyms: Fascicle, Fasciculus, Fiber Bundle, Fibre Bundle, Neuropil, Neuropile, Gray Matter, Gray Substance, Grey Matter, Grey Substance, Substantia Grisea, Substantia Alba, White Matter
Definition of Nervous tissue
1. Noun. (context: neurology) The principal constituent of the central and peripheral nervous system comprising of neurons and neuroglia cells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Nervous tissue
1. A highly differentiated tissue composed of nerve cells, nerve fibres, dendrites, and a supporting tissue (neuroglia). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nervous Tissue
Literary usage of Nervous tissue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"CHAPTER XXI nervous tissue IN common with the other solid tissues of the body,
nervous tissue contains a large amount of water. ..."
2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"After death muscle also exhibits an acid reaction, but this appears to be due to
post-mortem change. nervous tissue. The nervous tissues of the body are ..."
3. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"The percentage of water present depends upon the particular form of nervous tissue
but in all forms it is invariably greater in the gray matter than in the ..."
4. The Journal of Biological Chemistry by American Society of Biological Chemists (1917)
"SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING THE RESPIRATION OF GROUND nervous tissue. By CG MacARTHUR
and OC JONES. (From the Department of Biochemistry of the University of ..."
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