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vertebral canal

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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 info

database cross reference
  • FMA:9680
  • AAO:0000693
  • Wikipedia:Spinal_canal
  • NCIT:C33869
  • NCIT:C34221
  • UMLS:C1522467 (ncithesaurus:Neural_Canal)
  • GAID:242
  • SCTID:361746009
  • UMLS:C0037922 (ncithesaurus:Vertebral_Canal)
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UBPROP 0000001

Canal formed by the vertebral centra ventrally, the pedicels laterally, and the neural arches dorsally that encloses and protects the spinal cord.[AAO]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray82.png

editor note

TODO - check neural vs vertebral canal; embryonic vs adult?

has related synonym

vertebral canal, neural canal, foramen vertebrale, spinal canal, c. vertebralis, spinal cavity

id

UBERON:0006692

prefLabel

Vertebral canal