in part of the rats the spinal deformations were accompanied by pathologic changes in the vertebrae and in the discs and by an abrupt narrowing ( flattening ) of the vertebral canal which caused disturbance in the blood flow in the mater spinalis , edema and sclerosis of the epidural space , hypoxia of the neurons , atrophy and glial and cicatrix substitution of the spinal cord tissue in the area of the curvature .
C0037922
vertebral canal
C0037925
spinal cord