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SPINAL CANAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes

Synonyms:

canalis vertebralis; spinal canal; vertebral canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("spinal canal" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Holonyms ("spinal canal" is a part of...):

back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A neoplasm that occurs within the spinal canal in the space between the spinal cord and the dura mater.

(Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Canal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

When administered intrathecally, indium In 111 pentetate percolates up the spinal canal with the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to the basal cisterns of the posterior and middle cranial fossas.

(Indium In 111 Pentetate, NCI Thesaurus)