Spinal cord structure that is part of the ventricular system and is filled with cerebral-spinal fluid and runs the length of the spinal cord. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23409159 http://zfin.org/curator ]
Synonyms: canalis centralis spinal cord central canal ventricle of spinal cord central canal central canal of spinal cord
Term information
- UMLS:C0459414 (ncithesaurus:Central_Canal)
- HBA:9422
- BAMS:C
- MA:0001117
- SCTID:279447004
- NCIT:C12891
- TAO:0000938
- MBA:164
- EMAPA:35789
- DMBA:126652042
- EHDAA2:0004361
- ZFA:0000938
- neuronames:1733
- BIRNLEX:1409
- FMA:78497
- Wikipedia:Central_canal_of_spinal_cord
- BAMS:CC
- DHBA:146035108
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
previously mapped to FMA:75364. Note some ontologies (NIF, SNOMED) subdivide this into lumbar, thoracic, etc. Note we follow FMA in distinguishing between the canal and the lumen
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Medulla_spinalis_-_Section_-_English.svg
Term relations
- ectoderm-derived structure
- anatomical conduit
- part of some spinal cord
- part of some ventricular system of central nervous system
- contributes to morphology of some spinal cord
- channel for some cerebrospinal fluid
- has part some cerebrospinal fluid
- develops from some neural tube