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MEDULLA SPINALIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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