spinal cord
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spinal cord
▶noun the cylindrical bundle of nerve fibres which is enclosed in the spine and connected to the brain, with which it forms the central nervous system.
'spinal cord' also found in these Oxford entries:
amaurosis
- arachnoid
- cauda equina
- central nervous system
- commissure
- conus
- cord
- dura mater
- encephalomyelitis
- epidural
- foramen magnum
- funiculus
- grey matter
- medulla oblongata
- meninges
- motor nerve
- motor neuron
- myelitis
- myeloid
- myelopathy
- nerve
- neural tube
- parasympathetic
- peripheral nervous system
- pia
- pith
- reticular formation
- sciatic nerve
- sclerosis
- spina bifida
- spinal canal
- spine
- subdural
- theca
- white matter
