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Spinal White Brain Cord Matter Structure Extensive Bundles

Front White matter
Back Structure: extensive bundles of axons (tracts) traveling between the brain and spinal cord, peripherally located in spinal cord cross sections. White color comes from myelination.

Function: convey sensory and motor information to and from the brain as well as between spinal cord levels

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