A Bundle of Myelinated Axons Within the White Matter of the Central

Question

A bundle of myelinated axons within the white matter of the central nervous system is called a/an
A)axon
B)nerve
C)tract
D)ganglion
E)nucleus

Accepted Answer

A bundle of myelinated axons within the white matter of the central nervous system is called a tract. Axons refer to individual nerve fibers, nerves are bundles of multiple axons located in the peripheral nervous system, ganglia are clusters of neuron cell bodies located outside the central nervous system, and nuclei are clusters of neuron cell bodies located within the central nervous system.