Search Result for "medulla_spinalis":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region;
[syn: spinal cord, medulla spinalis]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

medulla spinalis
    n 1: a major part of the central nervous system which conducts
         sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a
         long tubelike structure extending from the base of the
         brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar
         region [syn: spinal cord, medulla spinalis]