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Definition of Neural arch
1. Noun. A structure arising dorsally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the spinal cord.
Medical Definition of Neural arch
1. The posterior projection from the body of a vertebra that encloses the vertebral foramen; it consists of paired pedicles and laminae; the spinous, transverse, and articular processes arise from the arch. In aggregate, the venous arches-and the ligamenta flava that unite them-form the posterior wall of the vertebral (spinal) canal. Synonym: arcus vertebrae, neural arch. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Neural arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1847)
"27, we observe that, besides supporting its own neural arch, it bears a small
portion of that of the next vertebra : the third neural arch (и i) has ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1898)
"The neural arch has a strong elevated capitular facet 2 inches deep and 1^ inch
... The transverse width over the neural arch as indicated was ten inches. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"neural arch ; ch, chorda ; /7, ... surrounded by constricted cylinders on which
the neural arch rests. ... formed by the neural arch above and a pair of ..."
4. A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1900)
"The elements of the neural arch of the hindmost segment of the skull undergo much
... Again : in the neural arch the centrum is called basisphenoid (basis, ..."
5. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"It is composed of a heavy ventral portion, the centrum, from which arises a bony
arch, the neural arch. The latter encloses the neural Fio. 104. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... three pairs of constituent elements of each vertebra (Ihe neural arch, ...
the division gradually extending right through the bone of the neural arch. ..."
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