neural arch
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003861
Posterior part of a vertebra that consists of a pair of pedicles and a pair of laminae, and supports seven processes: four articular processes, two transverse processes one spinous process[WP]. ZFA: A neural arch encloses the neural canal and typically meets its partner to form a neural spine. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral_arch ]
Synonyms: dorsal arcocentrum, arcus vertebrae (vertebralis), arcus vertebra, arcus vertebrae
Term info
- Wikipedia:Vertebral_arch
- EFO:0003618
- VHOG:0001670
- MA:0001453
- SCTID:317373001
- UMLS:C0223076 (ncithesaurus:Arch_of_the_Vertebra)
- TAO:0001066
- FMA:11946
- ZFA:0001066
- NCIT:C32138
- AAO:0000725
efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Bony arch perched on the vertebral centrum; successive arches enclose the neural canal that surrounds and protects the spinal cord dorsally.[AAO], the dorsal bony and/or cartilaginous part of a vertebra, consisting of a pair of pedicles, a pair of laminae, and seven processes (four articular processes, two transverse processes, and one spinous process), A neural arch encloses the neural canal and typically meets its partner to form a neural spine. The neural arch can be a replacement ossification of the basidorsal cartilage or can form directly in membrane bone.[TAO]
relationship loss: develops_from basidorsal (TAO:0001060)[TAO]
(...) certain common components [of vertebral structure] are found in nearly all vertebrate. A representative vertebra has a vertebral arch or neural arch, which extends dorsally around the spinal cord.[well established][VHOG]
tiny neural arches present in Hagfish (which lack a true vertebraal column).
The neural arch can be a replacement ossification of the basidorsal cartilage or can form directly in membrane bone
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray82.png
vertebra dorsal arch, arcus vertebrae
vertebra neural arch
uberon
UBERON:0003861
Vertebral arch