2007-09-11 16:00:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
About the same color as fat. Why? Because brain matter is mostly fat.
2007-09-11 16:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most brains exhibit a substantial distinction between the gray matter and white matter. Gray matter consists primarily of the cell bodies of the neurons, while white matter is comprised mostly of the fibers (axons) which connect neurons. The axons are surrounded by a fatty insulating sheath called myelin (oligodendroglia cells), giving the white matter its distinctive color. The outer layer of the brain is gray matter called cerebral cortex. Deep in the brain, compartments of white matter (fasciculi, fiber tracts), gray matter (nuclei) and spaces filled with cerebrospinal fluid (ventricles) are found.
2007-09-12 05:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The brain is gray. In a cadaver, it can be a different color than in the living, but in both they are a gray color.
2007-09-11 23:04:33 · answer #3 · answered by george g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gray and pinkish
2007-09-11 23:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by mazp66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
creamy yellow .. go to the butchers .. we all have the same colour and consistency
2007-09-11 23:03:52 · answer #5 · answered by The old man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
White, brown, red. i think so
2007-09-11 23:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by xoPink_Lovexo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually it varies..
just like their answers..
2007-09-11 23:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by onin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋