HyperDic: vertebral_canal

English > 1 sense of the expression vertebral canal:
NOUNbodyvertebral canal, spinal canal, canalis vertebralisthe canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes
English > vertebral canal: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes.
Synonymsspinal canal, canalis vertebralis
Part ofspinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachisThe series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
Broaderduct, epithelial duct, canal, channelA bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Spanishcanalis vertebralis, canal vertebral
Catalancanalis vertebralis, canal vertebral

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