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Noun: vertebral canal
  1. The canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes
    - spinal canal, canalis vertebralis

Derived forms: vertebral canals

Type of: canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct

Part of: back, backbone, rachis [technical], spinal column, spine, vertebral column

Encyclopedia: Vertebral canal