| umls-concept:C0037928 | skos:definition | MSH: Pathologic conditions which feature SPINAL CORD damage or dysfunction, including disorders involving the meninges and perimeningeal spaces surrounding the spinal cord. Traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, infections, and inflammatory/autoimmune processes may affect the spinal cord.,CSP: pathologic conditions which feature spinal cord damage or dysfunction, including disorders involving the meninges and perimeningeal spaces surrounding the spinal cord.,MEDLINEPLUS: <p>Your spinal cord is the part of your nervous system that relays messages to and from your brain. It is housed inside your vertebrae, which are the bone disks that make up your spine. Normally, your vertebrae protect your spinal cord. If they don't, you can sustain a <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spinalcordinjuries.html'>spinal cord injury</a>. Besides injuries, the spinal cord can develop</p><ul><li> Tumors</li><li> Infections such as <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/meningitis.html'>meningitis</a> and <a href='htt | lld:umls |
