loading...| Preferred Name | spinal cord | |
| Synonyms |
medulla spinalis cerebro-cerebellar fissure fissura cerebro-cerebellaris spinal cord structure fissura cerebrocerebellaris SpC cerebrocerebellar fissure spinal medulla |
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| Definitions |
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) |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002240 |
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| database_cross_reference |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0037925 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=22 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/180959008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_1709 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C12464 BM:SpC GAID:695 XAO:0000020 OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjjk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA UMLS:C0037925 BAMS:SP EHDAA2:0001255 EMAPA:17577 MAT:0000183 DHBA:12890 CALOHA:TS-0953 BAMS:Spinal MIAA:0000183 VHOG:0000601 FMA:7647 MA:0000216 EFO:0000110 TAO:0000075 MESH:D013116 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=22 ZFA:0000075 DMBA:17651 EV:0100316 AAO:0010151 EHDAA:2863 BTO:0001279 |
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| definition |
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) |
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| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Spinal_cord_direv.svg |
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| editor note |
TODO - add superclass to unify with VNC? |
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| external definition |
Part of the central nervous system which descends from the hindbrain within the vertebral column.[AAO] |
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| has_related_synonym |
medulla spinalis cerebro-cerebellar fissure fissura cerebro-cerebellaris spinal cord structure fissura cerebrocerebellaris SpC cerebrocerebellar fissure spinal medulla |
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| homology notes |
(...) 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] |
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spinal cord |
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UBERON:0002240 |
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spinal cord |
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