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
   "Injury to the spinal cord can result in paralysis below the level of injury";
   - medulla spinalis

Derived forms: spinal cords

Type of: funiculus, neural structure

Part of: central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale

Encyclopedia: Spinal cord