vertebral canal
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
vertebral canal
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TODO - check neural vs vertebral canal; embryonic vs adult?
Canal formed by the vertebral centra ventrally, the pedicels laterally, and the neural arches dorsally that encloses and protects the spinal cord.[AAO]
uberon
vertebral canal, neural canal, spinal canal, foramen vertebrale, spinal cavity, c. vertebralis
UBERON:0006692
Term relations
- anatomical conduit and lumen of some vertebral column and conduit for some spinal cord
- anatomical entity
- anatomical conduit
- conduit for some spinal cord
- surrounds some spinal cord
- part of some vertebral column
- lumen of some vertebral column