Gray commissure

Gray commissure

Medulla spinalis - Substantia grisea

Spinal cord. (Gray commissure is #3, near center.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin commissura grisea anaterior medullae spinalis, commissura grisea posterior medullae spinalis
NeuroNames ancil-953
FMA 77036

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The gray commissure is a thin strip of gray matter that surrounds the central canal of the spinal cord and, along with the anterior white commissure, connects the two halves of the cord. It comprises lamina X in the Rexed classification.


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