The area of white matter of the spinal cord located on either side of the ventral (anterior) medial fissure. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0009679 ]
Synonyms: ventral column spinal cord anterior column anterior column
Term information
- MA:0002751
- VHOG:0001622
- EV:0100326
- neuronames:269
pheno_slim
in MA, this is a subclass of white matter, but in WP/Gray's, the anterior column is a synonym of the grey matter section. is this the same as funiculus? See lateral column.
Term relations
- spinal cord column
- part of some ventral funiculus of spinal cord
- contributes to morphology of some white matter of spinal cord