<P> In the current edition of the official Latin nomenclature, Terminologia Anatomica, substantia grisea is used for English grey matter . The adjective grisea for grey is however not attested in classical Latin . The adjective grisea is derived from the French word for grey, gris . Alternative designations like substantia cana and substantia cinerea are being used alternatively . The adjective cana, attested in classical Latin, can mean grey, or greyish white . The classical Latin cinerea means ash - coloured . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> Human brain right dissected lateral view </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Schematic representation of the chief ganglionic categories (I to V). </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <P> Human brain right dissected lateral view </P> </Li> <P> Human brain right dissected lateral view </P>

Grey matter and white matter in brain and spinal cord