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Encyclopedia > Spinal cavity

The spinal canal is the space in vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes. It was first described by Jean Fernel. A diagram of a thoracic vertebra. ... The spinal cord is a part of the vertebrate nervous system that is enclosed in and protected by the vertebral column (it passes through the spinal canal). ... Jean François Fernel (1497?–Fontainebleau 1558) was a French physician who introduced the term physiology to describe the study of the bodys function. ...


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IX. Neurology. 4g. The Meninges of the Brain and Medulla Spinalis. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body. (3158 words)
The spinal dura mater is attached to the circumference of the foramen magnum, and to the second and third cervical vertebræ; it is also connected to the posterior longitudinal ligament, especially near the lower end of the vertebral canal, by fibrous slips.
The spinal part of the subarachnoid cavity is a very wide interval, and is the largest at the lower part of the vertebral canal, where the arachnoid encloses the nerves which form the cauda equina.
The Spinal Pia Mater (pia mater spinalis; pia of the cord) (Figs.
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