Spinal cord

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 180959008

Spinal cord

Definition

Part of the central nervous system located in the vertebral canal continuous with and caudal to the brain; demarcated from brain by plane of foramen magnum. It is composed of an inner core of gray matter in which nerve cells predominate, and an outer layer of white matter in which myelinated nerve fibers predominate, and surrounds the central canal. (CUMBO).

The Spinal cord is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Adult spinal cord ependymoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adult spinal cord ependymoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adult spinal cord glioblastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adult spinal cord glioblastoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of spinal cord Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of spinal cord Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cervical spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cervical spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood spinal cord tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Conus medullaris neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Epidural spinal canal meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Epidural spinal canal meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Lumbar spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Lumbar spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Metastatic malignant neoplasm in the spinal cord Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Multiple spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Multiple spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Neurofibroma of spinal cord Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Neurofibroma of spinal cord Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Sacral spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Sacral spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord astrocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord astrocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord dermoid cyst Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord dermoid cyst Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord disorder Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord ependymoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord ependymoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord glioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord glioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord lipoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord lipoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord lymphoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord melanoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord melanoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord oligodendroglioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord oligodendroglioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord primitive neuroectodermal tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord primitive neuroectodermal tumor Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord sarcoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal cord sarcoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal ependymoma, MYCN-amplified Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal ependymoma, MYCN-amplified Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal multifocal clear cell meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Spinal multifocal clear cell meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Syringomyelia Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

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