A strand of fibrous tissue in the spinal cord consisting of the filum terminale internum and the filum terminale externum. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filum_terminale ]
Synonyms: filum terminale segment of pia mater pars pialis fili terminalis terminal filum
Term information
- Wikipedia:Filum_terminale
- EHDAA:6686
- EHDAA2:0000510
- neuronames:1629
- SCTID:361344005
- VHOG:0000547
- FMA:83977
- EMAPA:18220
The slender, thread-like continuation of the spinal cord below the origin of the lumbar nerves. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]