spinal cord

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002240

Part of the central nervous system located in the vertebral canal continuous with and caudal to the brain; demarcated from brain by plane of foramen magnum. It is composed of an inner core of gray matter in which nerve cells predominate, and an outer layer of white matter in which myelinated nerve fibers predominate, and surrounds the central canal. (CUMBO). [ BIRNLEX:1709 ]

Tree view
Term history

Term info

database cross reference

MESH:D013116
neuronames:22 (BIRNLEX:1709)
BAMS:Spinal
DMBA:17651
EFO:0000110
XAO:0000020
BIRNLEX:1709
MA:0000216
MIAA:0000183
CALOHA:TS-0953
BTO:0001279
EHDAA2:0001255
UMLS:C0037925 (ncithesaurus:Spinal_Cord)
UMLS:C0037925 (BIRNLEX:1709)
GAID:695
FMA:7647
EMAPA:17577
NCIT:C12464
AAO:0010151
Wikipedia:Spinal_cord
BM:SpC
ZFA:0000075
EV:0100316
BAMS:SP
VHOG:0000601
DHBA:12890
MAT:0000183
EHDAA:2863
SCTID:180959008
TAO:0000075

Subsets

cumbo, uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, major_organ

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000955

UBPROP 0000001

Part of the central nervous system which descends from the hindbrain within the vertebral column.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

(...) at some stage of its development, every chordate exhibits five uniquely derived characters or synapomorphies of the group: (...) (4) a single, tubular nerve cord that is located dorsal to the notochord (...) (reference 1); The neural tube is destined to differentiate into the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Spinal_cord_direv.svg

editor note

TODO - add superclass to unify with VNC?

has related synonym

spinal medulla, fissura cerebro-cerebellaris, medulla spinalis, fissura cerebrocerebellaris, SpC, cerebro-cerebellar fissure, cerebrocerebellar fissure, spinal cord structure

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0002240

prefLabel

Spinal cord