Spina bifida

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002414

Incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube, whereby some vertebral arches remain unfused and open. The mildest form is spina bifida occulta, followed by meningocele and meningomyelocele. [ HPO:probinson ]

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SNOMEDCT_US:67531005
MSH:D016135
Fyler:4157
UMLS:C0080178

definition

Incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube, whereby some vertebral arches remain unfused and open. The mildest form is spina bifida occulta, followed by meningocele and meningomyelocele.

has broad synonym

Split spine

HP:0002414

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Subclass of:

Spinal dysraphism