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Histological And Anatomic Levels

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Histological /Anatomic levels In a macroscopic view of the nervous system, we can distinguish two morphological entities within its different parts, a first, grey (called grey matter), hosts mostly the somas, which qualifies it to play a role of processing centers, while the other is white (White matter) where we can find the axons of the somas covered by a myelin sheath (enhancing the membrane’s capacitance) who plays mostly the role of cables.
Anatomically speaking, the nervous system is divided into two parts: The Central Nervous System (CNS) resulting from the organization of nervous tissue around a fluid core, ventricles (Brain), and continues with the medullary central cavity (Spinal cord). At the top, around the lateral ventricles,

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