Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Vertebral canal   /vˈərtəbrəl kənˈæl/   Listen
Vertebral canal

noun
1.
The canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes.  Synonyms: canalis vertebralis, spinal canal.





Click any word on the page to get its definition
WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University
Text size:  A A


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Vertebral canal" Quotes from Famous Books



... brain; and, in fact, the entire ganglionic system of nerves is analogous to the nervous system of certain among the lower animals—the crustacea and mollusks. These possess neither brain nor spinal cord; their nerve-centres, instead of being concentrated in a cranium and vertebral canal, are entirely disseminated through the cavities of the trunk, as are the visceral plexuses in vertebrated animals. In these, however, the addition of a brain and spinal cord to the original rudimentary nervous system, powerfully ...
— The Education of American Girls • Anna Callender Brackett
 Read full book for free!


Words linked to "Vertebral canal" :   epithelial duct, vertebral column, spinal column, canal, backbone, rachis, channel, back, spine, canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, duct


Copyright © 2025 e-Free Translation.com