nerve pathway vs pathway

nerve pathway and pathway both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nerve pathway	Yes	No	No	No
pathway	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nerve pathway and pathway are synonyms defined as:

nerve pathway and pathway: a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

Other synonyms of nerve pathway include nerve tract, tract.

nerve pathway (noun)	pathway (noun)
a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain	a trodden path
	a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain