spinal cord

1. 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 (synset 105511356)
   is a type of:

   • funiculus - any of several body structure resembling a cord
   • neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous system
   has:

   • spinal vein, vena spinalis - veins that drain the spinal cord
   • golgi cell, golgi's 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
   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
   same as: medulla spinalis

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