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 ]
Term information
- BTO:0001279
- AAO:0010151
- NCIT:C12464
- DHBA:12890
- DMBA:17651
- MA:0000216
- EMAPA:17577
- EV:0100316
- BAMS:Spinal
- BAMS:SP
- XAO:0000020
- MIAA:0000183
- TAO:0000075
- VHOG:0000601
- GAID:695
- MESH:D013116
- EHDAA:2863
- EHDAA2:0001255
- BM:SpC
- MAT:0000183
- Wikipedia:Spinal_cord
- CALOHA:TS-0953
- ZFA:0000075
- EFO:0000110
- FMA:7647
- SCTID:180959008
- BIRNLEX:1709
cumbo, uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, major_organ, human_reference_atlas
spinal medulla
cerebro-cerebellar fissure
cerebrocerebellar fissure
spinal cord structure
Term relations
- cavitated compound organ
- dorsal region element
- ectoderm-derived structure
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- immediate transformation of some future spinal cord
- develops from some posterior neural tube
- part of some central nervous system
- has part some spinal cord interneuron
- has developmental contribution from some spinal cord neural crest