funiculi of spinal cord
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spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column. [1830 40] * * * In vertebrates, the body s major nerve tract. In humans it is about 18 in. (45 cm) long, running from the base of the brain through the vertebral… … Universalium
funiculi medullae spinalis — [TA] funiculi of spinal cord: the large bundles of fiber tracts that make up the white substance of the spinal cord … Medical dictionary
white columns of spinal cord — funiculi medullae spinalis … Medical dictionary
Funiculi — Funiculus Fu*nic u*lus, n.; pl. {Funiculi}. [L., a little cord. See {Funicle}.] 1. (Anat.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
Nucleus — 1) In cell biology, the structure that houses the chromosomes. 2) In neuroanatomy, a group of nerve cells. * * * 1. In cytology, typically a rounded or oval mass of protoplasm within the cytoplasm of a plant or animal cell; it is surrounded by a… … Medical dictionary
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
СПИНЕЛЛИ — (Pier Giuseppe Spinelli, 1862 1929), видный итальянский гинеколог, блестящий хирург, один из пионеров оперативной гинекологии, б. ассистент известного Морисани. Медицинское образование Сгошелли получил спинной мозг в Неаполе, где с 1900 г. и до… … Большая медицинская энциклопедия
Спинной мозг — (medulla spinalis) (рис. 254, 258, 260, 275) представляет собой тяж мозговой ткани, располагающийся в позвоночном канале. Его длина у взрослого человека достигает 41 45 см, а ширина 1 1,5 см. Верхний отдел спинного мозга плавно переходит в… … Атлас анатомии человека
fasciculus — 1. SYN: fascicle. 2. SYN: cord. 3. SYN: bundle. [L. dim. of fascis, bundle] f. anterior musculi palatopharyngei [TA] SYN: anterior fascicle of palatopharyngeus (muscle). anterior f. proprius [TA] SYN: fasciculi proprii … Medical dictionary
