vertebral canal
A conduit enclosed within the vertebral foramen of the vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_canal ]
Term info
- AAO:0000693
- GAID:242
- SCTID:361746009
- NCIT:C34221
- UMLS:C1522467 (ncithesaurus:Neural_Canal)
- NCIT:C33869
- FMA:9680
- Wikipedia:Spinal_canal
- UMLS:C0037922 (ncithesaurus:Vertebral_Canal)
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Canal formed by the vertebral centra ventrally, the pedicels laterally, and the neural arches dorsally that encloses and protects the spinal cord.[AAO]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray82.png
TODO - check neural vs vertebral canal; embryonic vs adult?
vertebral canal, neural canal, foramen vertebrale, spinal canal, c. vertebralis, spinal cavity
uberon
UBERON:0006692
Vertebral canal
Term relations
- anatomical conduit and lumen of some vertebral column and conduit for some spinal cord
- anatomical entity
- anatomical conduit
- conduit for some spinal cord
- surrounds some spinal cord
- part of some vertebral column
- lumen of some vertebral column