TAH5138 Unit Page

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spinal cord

Identification

Official Latin term	medulla spinalis
Official term	spinal cord
Unit identifier	TAH:U5138
Unit type	single
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	spinal cord
Links of entity	generic: spinal cord
External links	TA98 FMA
Partonomic links	Level 2: spinal cord Short Extended
Taxonomic links	Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
	Level 3: segment of neuraxis
Subsidiary language with Latin	English French Spanish Russian
Non Latin primary language	English French Spanish Russian

Taxonomic definition

The spinal cord is a segment of neuraxis

[segmentum neuraxis

] which is continuous with the caudal rhombencephalon [rhombencephalon caudale

] and extends up to the second lumbar vertebra [vertebra lumbalis secunda

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U5062	nervous system
TAH:U5068	central nervous system
TAH:U5138	spinal cord

TAH:U7982

external morphology of spinal cord

TAH:U5139	cervical enlargement
TAH:U5140	lumbosacral enlargement
TAH:U5141	medullary cone
TAH:U5145	posterior median sulcus

TAH:U5146

posterior median septum

TAH:U5148	posterolateral sulcus (pair)
TAH:U5149	posterior intermediate sulcus (pair)
TAH:U5147	anterolateral sulcus (pair)
TAH:U5144	anterior median fissure
TAH:U5151	cervical part of spinal cord

TAH:U7985

cervical segments

TAH:U7986	cervical segment 1
TAH:U7987	cervical segment 2
TAH:U7988	cervical segment 3
TAH:U7989	cervical segment 4
TAH:U7990	cervical segment 5
TAH:U7991	cervical segment 6
TAH:U7993	cervical segment 7
TAH:U7994	cervical segment 8

TAH:U5152

thoracic part of spinal cord

TAH:U7995

thoracic segments of spinal cord

TAH:U7996	thoracic segment 1
TAH:U7997	thoracic segment 2
TAH:U7999	thoracic segment 3
TAH:U8001	thoracic segment 4
TAH:U8003	thoracic segment 5
TAH:U8004	thoracic segment 6
TAH:U8005	thoracic segment 7
TAH:U8007	thoracic segment 8
TAH:U8008	thoracic segment 9
TAH:U8010	thoracic segment 10
TAH:U8011	thoracic segment 11
TAH:U8012	thoracic segment 12

TAH:U5153

lumbar part of spinal cord

TAH:U8013

lumbar segments of spinal cord

TAH:U8015	lumbar segment 1
TAH:U8016	lumbar segment 2
TAH:U8017	lumbar segment 3
TAH:U8018	lumbar segment 4
TAH:U8019	lumbar segment 5

TAH:U5154

sacral part of spinal cord

TAH:U8020

sacral segments of spinal cord

TAH:U8021	sacral segment 1
TAH:U8022	sacral segment 2
TAH:U8023	sacral segment 3
TAH:U8024	sacral segment 4
TAH:U8025	sacral segment 5

TAH:U5155

coccygeal part of spinal cord

TAH:U8026

coccygeal segments of spinal cord

TAH:U8027	coccygeal segment 1
TAH:U8028	coccygeal segment 2
TAH:U8030	coccygeal segment 3

TAH:U7984

internal morphology of spinal cord

TAH:U5157

grey matter of spinal cord

TAH:U5176

posterior column (pair)

TAH:U5177	posterior horn (pair)
TAH:U5179	spinal layer I (pair)
TAH:U5181	spinal layer II (pair)
TAH:U5183	spinal layer III-IV (pair)
TAH:U5184	spinal layer V (pair)
TAH:U5186	spinal layer VI (pair)
TAH:U7821	reticular process (pair)
TAH:U5189	lateral cervical nucleus (pair)
TAH:U5191	lateral spinal nucleus (pair)
TAH:U7822	neurons of posterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7823

interneurons of posterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U8002

excitatory interneurons of posterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7824	transient central cells of spinal layer II (pair)
TAH:U7825	radial cells of spinal layer II (pair)
TAH:U7826	vertical cells of spinal layer II (pair)

TAH:U8006

inhibitory interneurons of posterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7827	islet cells of spinal layer II (pair)
TAH:U7828	tonic central cells of spinal layer II (pair)
TAH:U7829	Ib inhibitory interneurons of spinal layer VI (pair)

TAH:U7830

projection neurons of posterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7831	marginal neurons of spinal layer I of spinal cord (pair)
TAH:U7832	cells of origin of spinocervical tract (pair)
TAH:U7833	cells of origin of spinoreticular tract (pair)
TAH:U7834	cells of origin of spinomesencephalic tract (pair)
TAH:U7835	cells of origin of spinothalamic tract (pair)
TAH:U7836	cells of origin of postsynaptic dorsal funicular tract (pair)

TAH:U8014

association neurons of posterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7837	short propriospinal neurons of spinal layer V (pair)
TAH:U7838	short propriospinal neurons of spinal layer VI (pair)

TAH:U5192

intermediate column (pair)

TAH:U8220	intermediate zone (pair)
TAH:U5193	spinal layer VII (pair)
TAH:U5196	central intermediate substance (pair)

TAH:U5197	posterior thoracic nucleus (pair)
TAH:U5190	central cervical nucleus (pair)
TAH:U5199	intermediomedial nucleus (pair)
TAH:U8029	spinal intercalated nucleus (pair)

TAH:U5198

lateral intermediate substance (pair)

TAH:U5200

sacral parasympathetic nucleus (pair)

TAH:U5194

lateral horn (pair)

TAH:U5195

intermediolateral nucleus (pair)

TAH:U7839	principal part (pair)
TAH:U7840	funicular part (pair)
TAH:U7841	ciliospinal centre (pair)

TAH:U7842

neurons of intermediate zone (pair)

TAH:U7843

interneurons of intermediate zone (pair)

TAH:U7844	excitatory interneurons of intermediate zone (pair)
TAH:U7845	inhibitory interneurons of intermediate zone (pair)

TAH:U7846	Ia inhibitory interneurons of spinal layer VII (pair)
TAH:U7847	recurrent inhibitory interneurons of spinal layer VII (pair)

TAH:U7848

projection neurons of intermediate zone (pair)

TAH:U7849	cells of origin of spinocerebellar tract (pair)
TAH:U7850	cells of origin of spinoreticular tract (pair)
TAH:U7851	cells of origin of spinomesencephalic tract (pair)
TAH:U7852	cells of origin of lateral spinothalamic tract (pair)

TAH:U7853

association neurons of intermediate zone (pair)

TAH:U7854	short propriospinal neurons of spinal layer VII (pair)
TAH:U7855	intermediate propriospinal neurons of spinal layer VII (pair)
TAH:U7856	long propriospinal neurons of spinal layer VII (pair)

TAH:U7857

motoneurons of intermediate zone (pair)

TAH:U7858	spinal parasympathetic motoneurons (pair)
TAH:U7859	spinal sympathetic motoneurons (pair)

TAH:U5164

anterior column (pair)

TAH:U5165	anterior horn (pair)
TAH:U7860	spinal layer VIII (pair)
TAH:U7861	spinal layer IX (pair)

TAH:U7862

medial motor nuclei (pair)

TAH:U5169	anteromedial nucleus (pair)
TAH:U5172	posteromedial nucleus (pair)

TAH:U7863

lateral motor nuclei (pair)

TAH:U5173	central nucleus (pair)
TAH:U5168	anterior nucleus (pair)
TAH:U5167	anterolateral nucleus (pair)
TAH:U5170	posterolateral nucleus (pair)
TAH:U5171	retroposterolateral nucleus (pair)

TAH:U5174	nucleus of accessory nerve (pair)
TAH:U5175	nucleus of phrenic nerve (pair)
TAH:U5201	nucleus of pudendal nerve (pair)

TAH:U7864	motoneuron aggregation (pair)
TAH:U7865	neurons of anterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7866

interneurons of anterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7867	excitatory interneurons (pair)
TAH:U7868	inhibitory interneurons (pair)

TAH:U7869

projection neurons of anterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7870

spinal marginal cells of spinal layer IX (pair)

TAH:U7871

association neurons of anterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7872

long propriospinal neurons of spinal layer VIII (pair)

TAH:U7873

motoneurons of anterior horn of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7874	epaxial motoneurons (pair)
TAH:U7875	hypaxial motoneurons (pair)
TAH:U7876	appendicular motoneurons (pair)
TAH:U7877	alpha motoneurons (pair)
TAH:U7878	beta motoneurons (pair)
TAH:U7879	gamma motoneurons (pair)

TAH:U5204

white matter of spinal cord

TAH:U5241

posterior funiculus (pair)

TAH:U8470

central roots of posterior funiculus of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U5245	gracile fasciculus
TAH:U5246	cuneate fasciculus

TAH:U7886

intrinsic tracts of posterior funiculus of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U5242	posterior propriospinal fasciculus
TAH:U5243	septomarginal fasciculus
TAH:U5244	interfascicular fasciculus
TAH:U7947	cornucommissural fasciculus

TAH:U7891

long tracts of posterior funiculus of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7892

ascending tracts of posterior funiculus of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U5249	spinocuneate fibres
TAH:U5250	spinogracile fibres

TAH:U7961

descending tracts of posterior funiculus of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U5247	cuneospinal fibres
TAH:U5248	gracilospinal fibres

TAH:U7903

posterolateral fasciculus of posterior funiculus of spinal cord (pair)

TAH:U7897

posterior root entry zone (pair)

TAH:U7898	lateral part (pair)
TAH:U7899	medial part (pair)

TAH:U20207	branching zone of posterior root of spinal nerve (pair)
TAH:U20210	zone of collateralisation of posterior root of spinal nerve (pair)
TAH:U11904	somatosensory afferent fibres
TAH:U11905	proprioceptive afferent fibres
TAH:U11906	viscerosensory afferent fibres

TAH:U5218

lateral funiculus (pair)

TAH:U7904

intrinsic tracts (pair)

TAH:U5219	lateral propriospinal fasciculus
TAH:U5238	spinocervical tract

TAH:U7907

long tracts (pair)

TAH:U7908

ascending tracts (pair)

TAH:U12531	anterolateral tract
TAH:U7948	spinoreticular tract
TAH:U7537	spinoparabrachial tract
TAH:U5226	spinomesencephalic tract
TAH:U5227	lateral spinothalamic tract
TAH:U7957	spinohypothalamic tract
TAH:U7958	cervicothalamic tract
TAH:U12547	spinoolivary tract
TAH:U7539	spinovestibular tract
TAH:U7960	spinocerebellar tract
TAH:U5319	posterior spinocerebellar tract
TAH:U5312	anterior spinocerebellar tract
TAH:U12058	cuneocerebellar tract
TAH:U8419	rostral spinocerebellar tract

TAH:U7933

descending tracts (pair)

TAH:U8531	lateral corticospinal tract
TAH:U8481	rubrospinal tract
TAH:U5224	lateral reticulospinal tract
TAH:U8469	fastigiospinal tract
TAH:U5221	interpositospinal tract
TAH:U5234	caeruleospinal tract
TAH:U8415	hypothalamospinal tract
TAH:U8444	lateral raphespinal tract
TAH:U8447	solitariospinal tract
TAH:U5240	trigeminospinal tract

TAH:U5205

anterior funiculus (pair)

TAH:U8512

intrinsic tracts (pair)

TAH:U5206	anterior propriospinal fasciculus
TAH:U5207	sulcomarginal fasciculus

TAH:U7732

long tracts (pair)

TAH:U7719

ascending tracts (pair)

TAH:U5217

anterior spinothalamic tract

TAH:U7725

descending tracts (pair)

TAH:U8530	anterior corticospinal tract
TAH:U5318	lateral vestibulospinal tract
TAH:U8446	medial vestibulospinal tract
TAH:U8494	interstitiospinal tract
TAH:U5212	medial reticulospinal tract
TAH:U8480	tectospinal tract
TAH:U5310	anterior raphespinal tract

TAH:U5251

central cord structures

TAH:U5252

spinal area X

TAH:U5253	anterior grey commissure
TAH:U5254	posterior grey commissure

TAH:U5255	anterior white commissure
TAH:U5256	posterior white commissure
TAH:U5156	central canal
TAH:U5143	terminal ventricle

Total

230 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:67619	region of organ
FMA:86140	segment of organ
FMA:256237	segment of neuraxis
FMA:7647	spinal cord

Date: 08.03.2022

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