The Nervous Tissue That Consists of Myelinated Axons Transmitting Information

question 40

Multiple Choice

The nervous tissue that consists of myelinated axons transmitting information throughout the central nervous system is the

• A) white corpuscles.
• B) grey matter.
• C) red corpuscles.
• D) red matter.
• E) white matter.

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Definitions:

Exponentially Distributed

describes a continuous probability distribution often used to model the time between independent events that happen at a constant average rate.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of numbers, indicating how much each number differs from the mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the values by the number of values.

Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution that describes the time between events in a Poisson process, where events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate.