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central canal of spinal cord

The ependyma-lined lumen of the neural tube. The cerebral end remains patent to form the cerebral ventricles. The spinal part in the adult is often reduced to a solid strand of modified ependyma.

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ependyma

General

central nervous system structure

References

  1. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Component-of

spinal cord (spinal marrow) subarachnoid space

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