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Descriptor English: Spinal Canal
Descriptor Spanish: Canal Medular
Descriptor canal medular
Entry term(s) canal vertebral
conducto espinal
conducto raquídeo
conducto vertebral
foramen vertebral
forámenes vertebrales
Scope note: Cavidad dentro de la COLUMNA VERTEBRAL a través de la cual transcurre la MÉDULA ESPINAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Canal Medular
Descriptor French: Canal vertébral
Entry term(s): Canal, Spinal
Canal, Vertebral
Foramen, Vertebral
Foramina, Vertebral
Spinal Canals
Vertebral Canal
Vertebral Canals
Vertebral Foramen
Vertebral Foramens
Vertebral Foramina
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.834.803
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013115
Scope note: The cavity within the SPINAL COLUMN through which the SPINAL CORD passes.
Annotation: coordinate with specific vertebrae to locate level of spinal canal; "narrowing of the spinal canal" = SPINAL STENOSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 13498
Unique ID: D013115
NLM Classification: WE 725
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/03/17
Spinal Canal - Preferred
Concept UI M0020308
Scope note The cavity within the SPINAL COLUMN through which the SPINAL CORD passes.
Preferred term Spinal Canal
Entry term(s) Canal, Spinal
Canal, Vertebral
Spinal Canals
Vertebral Canal
Vertebral Canals
Vertebral Foramen - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000679160
Preferred term Vertebral Foramen
Entry term(s) Foramen, Vertebral
Foramina, Vertebral
Vertebral Foramens
Vertebral Foramina



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