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 information
- UMLS:C1522467 (ncithesaurus:Neural_Canal)
- NCIT:C33869
- AAO:0000693
- Wikipedia:Spinal_canal
- NCIT:C34221
- SCTID:361746009
- UMLS:C0037922 (ncithesaurus:Vertebral_Canal)
- GAID:242
- FMA:9680
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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]
vertebral canal
neural canal
spinal canal
foramen vertebrale
c. vertebralis
spinal cavity
Term relations
- anatomical conduit and conduit for some spinal cord and lumen of some vertebral column