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Meaning of spinal cord

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

spinal cord

noun

Definitions

  1. A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spinal%20cord

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medulla spinalisspinal chordventral nerve cordnerve cordcentral nervous systemneurocordneurochordbrain stem