spinal cord

long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue
Thing organ_type Q9606
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spinal cord

Summary

spinal cord is an organ type[1]. It draws 11,808 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #19 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • spinal cord's instance of is recorded as organ type[3].
  • spinal cord's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • spinal cord is a type of animal organ[5].
  • spinal cord is a type of organ component of neuraxis[6].
  • spinal cord is a type of particular anatomical entity[7].
  • spinal cord is a type of dorsal nerve cord[8].
  • spinal cord is part of central nervous system[9].
  • spinal cord is part of vertebral column[10].
  • spinal cord's Commons category is recorded as Spinal cord[11].
  • spinal cord comprises cervical cord[12].
  • spinal cord comprises thoracic cord[13].
  • spinal cord comprises lumbar cord[14].
  • spinal cord comprises sacral cord[15].
  • spinal cord comprises coccygeal cord[16].
  • spinal cord's found in taxon is recorded as Vertebrata[17].
  • spinal cord's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spinal cord[18].
  • spinal cord's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • spinal cord's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • spinal cord's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • spinal cord's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12464[22].
  • spinal cord's has part is recorded as segment of spinal cord[23].
  • spinal cord's connects with is recorded as encephalon[24].
  • spinal cord's exact match is recorded as https://w3id.org/sstim/vocab#targetSpinalCord[25].
  • spinal cord's permanent duplicated item is recorded as spinal cord[26].
  • spinal cord's development of anatomical structure is recorded as spinal cord development[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include organ type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include animal organ[5], organ component of neuraxis[6], particular anatomical entity[7], and dorsal nerve cord[8].

Use and Application

Components include cervical cord[12], a class of anatomical entity[28]; thoracic cord[13], a class of anatomical entity[29]; lumbar cord[14], a class of anatomical entity[30]; sacral cord[15], a class of anatomical entity[31]; and coccygeal cord[16], a class of anatomical entity[32]. Part of include central nervous system[9], an organ type[33] and vertebral column[10], a class of anatomical entity[34].

Why It Matters

spinal cord draws 11,808 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #19 of 50).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Rfabbri · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → https://w3id.org/sstim/vocab#targetSpinalCord
    Connects with → encephalon
    Subclass of → animal organ, organ component of neuraxis, particular anatomical entity +1
    Found in taxon → Vertebrata
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2888]]: https://w3id.org/sstim/vocab#targetSpinalCord, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788697660010"
  2. 10w ago · Artoria2e5 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → animal organ, organ component of neuraxis, particular anatomical entity +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q140676578]]"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → spinal-cord
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: spinal-cord, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960682|spinal cord (#289960682)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  4. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0230285-micha
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0230285-micha, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  5. 17w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikiskripta article id → 14368
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3471]]: 14368, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78314285|Medulla spinalis (#78314285)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkripta]] #mix'"
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