What is a neural canal?

Question

What is a neural canal? (A) A central hollow portion through which the spinal cord passes. (B) A canal filled with pericardial fluid. (C) A hollow canal present in bone. (D) None of these

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Each vertebra has a central hollow portion (neural canal) through which the spinal cord passes. It is a lumen (cavity) of the neural tube lined by ependymal cells.

Q. What is a neural canal?

A central hollow portion through which the spinal cord passes.

A canal filled with pericardial fluid.

A hollow canal present in bone.

None of these

Each vertebra has a central hollow portion (neural canal) through which the spinal cord passes. It is a lumen (cavity) of the neural tube lined by ependymal cells.