See Also: cervical enlargement of spinal cord(medicine)
lumbar enlargement of spinal cord(medicine)
cervical part of spinal cord(medicine)
cervical segments of spinal cord(medicine)
cervical enlargement(medicine)
Spinal cord(medicine)
spinal cord(dictionary)
spinal cord(encyclopedia)
Spinal cord(health)
glioma of the spinal cord(medicine)

autacoid (medicine) and cervical enlargement of spinal cord (medicine)


autacoid (medicine)


autacoid


A substance, formed metabolically by one set of cells, which alters the function of Other cells. (This term is sometimes used in place of the term hormone.) [aut-+ G. Akos, relief, resource


cervical enlargement of spinal cord (medicine)


cervical enlargement of spinal cord -->
cervical enlargement


A spindle-shaped swelling of the spinal cord extending from the third cervical to the second thoracic vertebra, with maximum thickness opposite the fifth or sixth cervical vertebra, consequential to the innervation of the upper limb.

Synonym: intumescentia cervicalis, cervical enlargement of spinal cord.