vertebral canal

noun

Definition of VERTEBRAL CANAL

: a canal that contains the spinal cord and is delimited by the arches on the dorsal side of the vertebrae —called also spinal canal

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Medical Dictionary

noun

: a canal that contains the spinal cord and is delimited by the neural arches on the dorsal side of the vertebrae—called also spinal canal

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