#6.02 terms to refer to parts of the nervous system

Lamina

row or layer of cell bodies separated from other cell bodies by a layer of axons and dendrites

Column

set of cells perpendicular to the surface of the cortex, with similar properties

Tract

set of axons within the CNS

Tract

axons extend from cell bodies in structure A to synapses onto B, we say that the fibers "project" from A onto B

projection

tract AKA

Nerve

set of axons in the periphery

Nerve

either from the CNS to a muscle or gland or from a sensory organ to the CNS

Nucleus

cluster of neuron cell bodies within the CNS

Ganglion

cluster of neuron cell bodies, usually outside the CNS