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MEDULLA SPINALIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region

Synonyms:

medulla spinalis; spinal cord

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("medulla spinalis" is a kind of...):

funiculus (any of several body structure resembling a cord)

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "medulla spinalis"):

spinal vein; vena spinalis (veins that drain the spinal cord)

Golgi's cell; Golgi cell (a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter)

cerebrospinal fluid; spinal fluid (clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord)

Holonyms ("medulla spinalis" is a part of...):

central nervous system; CNS; systema nervosum centrale (the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord)

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