Gray commissure

Gray commissure
Brain: Gray commissure
Medulla spinalis - Substantia grisea - English.svg
Medulla spinalis - Substantia grisea
AlbaAnteriorMedullaeSpinalis.png
Spinal cord. (Gray commissure is #3, near center.)
Latin commissura grisea anaterior medullae spinalis, commissura grisea posterior medullae spinalis
Gray's subject #185 754
NeuroNames ancil-953

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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