lateral column of spinal cord

n.

A slight protrusion of the gray matter of the spinal cord into the lateral funiculus of either side, especially in the thoracic region where it encloses preganglionic motor neurons of the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system.

Words nearby lateral column of spinal cord

lateral ampullar nerve, lateral bud, lateral canal, lateral cartilage of nose, lateral cerebral sulcus, lateral column of spinal cord, lateral cord of brachial plexus, lateral cuneiform bone, lateral cutaneous nerve of calf, lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm, lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh