vertebral canal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vertebral canal
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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The posterior longitudinal ligament runs within the vertebral canal and unites the posterior sides of the vertebral bodies.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Additional ligaments are located inside the vertebral canal, next to the spinal cord, along the length of the vertebral column.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In some cases the depression communicates with the vertebral canal, constituting a complete sacro-coccygeal fistula, which may be lined with cylindrical or ciliated epithelium.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In this vertebral canal we find the trunk part of the central nervous system, the spinal cord.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
When there is agonising pain dependent upon an ascending neuritis, it may be necessary to resect the corresponding posterior nerve roots within the vertebral canal.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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