See Also: lateral column of spinal cord(medicine)
dorsal column of spinal cord(medicine)
posterior column of spinal cord(medicine)
anterolateral column of spinal cord(medicine)
posterior white column of the spinal cord(medicine)
intermediolateral cell column of spinal cord(medicine)
lateral funiculus of spinal cord(medicine)
spinal column(dictionary)
spinal column(medicine)
Spinal cord(health)

lateral column of spinal cord (medicine)


lateral column of spinal cord -->
lateral column


A slight protrusion of the gray matter of the spinal cord into the lateral funiculus of either side, especially marked in the thoracic region where it encloses preganglionic motor neurons of the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system; it corresponds to the lateral horn appearing in transverse sections of the spinal cord.

See: gray columns.

Synonym: columna lateralis, lateral column of spinal cord.