Search Result for "medulla spinalis":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region;
[syn: spinal cord, medulla spinalis]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

medulla spinalis n 1: a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region [syn: spinal cord, medulla spinalis]