name future_spinal_cord namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent element_of_embryonic_nerve_system ACC [] cy0029455 label [de] künftiges Rückenmark comment [de] Entwickelt sich zum im Wirbelkanal gelegenen, kopfwärts unterhalb der Pyramidenkreuzung in die Medulla oblongata übergehenden Teil des Zentralnervensystems organNo [] 80085 nameEnglishSynonym [] future medulla spinalis annotationRemark [] dka speciesNo [] 86 comment [en] The thick longitudinal cord of nervous tissue that in vertebrates extends along the back dorsal to the bodies of the vertebrae and is enclosed in the vertebral canal formed by their neural arches, is continuous anteriorly with the medulla oblongata, gives off at intervals pairs of spinal nerves to the various parts of the trunk and limbs, serves not only as a pathway for nervous impulses to and from the brain but as a center for carrying out and coordinating many reflex actions independently of the brain, and is composed largely of white matter arranged in columns and tracts of longitudinal fibers about a large central core of gray matter somewhat H-shaped in cross section and pierced centrally by a small longitudinal canal continuous with the ventricels of the brain label [med] Medulla spinalis futura label [en] future spinal cord isPartOf Carnegie_Stage_11 hasPart neural_folds_of_future_spinal_cord hasPart caudal_neuropore hasPart meninges_of_future_spinal_cord hasPart neural_tube isPartOf Carnegie_Stage_12 isPartOf Carnegie_Stage_10 isPartOf Carnegie_Stage_9 hasPart neural_plate isPartOf neural_ectoderm