1. The canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes
   "A herniated disc can put pressure on the vertebral canal, causing pain";
   - 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