Exact meaning of terms - nerve, tract, ganglion, nuclei?

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Exact meaning of terms - nerve, tract, ganglion, nuclei?

Ram Mohan Nayak 2nd Apr, 2019

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masteranshu27 2nd Apr, 2019

Nerve - Bundle of axons (white matter) outside the CNS

Tract - Bundle of axons (white matter) within the CNS (these run supero-inferiorly as ascending tracts or infero-superiorly tracts)

Ganglion - Collection of cell bodies (grey matter) outside the CNS

Nuclei - Collection of cell bodies (grey matter) inside the CNS

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