Medical Definition of Filum terminale

1. A long, slender connective tissue (pia mater) strand extending from the extremity of the medullary cone to the internal aspect of the spinal dural sac (filum terminale internum); stout strands of connective tissue attaching the spinal dural sac to the coccyx (filum terminale externum), commonly called the coccygeal ligament. Synonym: filum terminale, nervus impar, terminal thread. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filum Terminale

filtrating
filtration
filtration
filtrations
filtration angle
filtration coefficient
filtration fraction
filtration slits
filtration space
filtrum
filtrum ventriculi
filum
filum
filum durae matris spinalis
filum of spinal dura mater
filum terminale (current term)
fimble
fimbles
fimble hemp
fimbria
fimbria
fimbriae
fimbriae
fimbriae of uterine tube
fimbriae tubae uterinae
fimbrial
fimbriate
fimbriate
fimbriated
fimbriated fold

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