colum'na, gen. and pi. colum'na

[L.] Column, c. adipo'sa, a rod or line of fatty matter pa ing upward to the hair-follicle from the subcutaneous connective ti ue, c. ante'rior [BNA], anterior column, comu anterius, anterior horn, the anterior portion of each gray column of the spinal cord, colum'nae car'neae, trabecute carneae [BNA]. c. for'nicis [BNA], column of the fornix anterior pillar of the fornix, one of two rounded, slightly diverging bundles pa ing from the anterior portion of the body of the fornix downward to the lateral wall of the third ventricle, pa ing in front of the foramen of Monro, and terminating in the mamillary body. t. gris'ea, gray column, a longitudinal ma of gray matter running through the center of each lateral half of the spinal cord, presenting on cro section a semilunar outline; each lateral column is divided arbitrarily into an anterior and a posterior column called, from its appearance on cro section, anterior and posterior comu or. horn. c. later a'lis [BNA], lateral column, cornu laterale, lateral horn; a projection of the gray matter of the spinal cord into the lateral funiculus, occurring especially in the thoracic region, between the anterior and posterior columns or liorns opposite the location of the gray commi ure, c. na'si, the fleshy termination of the septum nas i. c. poste'rior [BNA], posterior column, comu poster i us, posterior horn; the posterior portion of each gray column of the spinal cord. c. recta'lis, Morgagni's rectal column, one of a number of vertical ridges in the mucous membrane of the upper half of the anal canal c. ren a'lis, Bertin's column, one of the prolongations of cortical substance separating the pyramids of the kidney, c. ruga'rum vagi'nse [BNA], column of the vagina, one of two slight longitudinal ridges, anterior and posterior, in the vaginal mucous membrane, c. vagina'lis, one of the longitudinal ridges or cords in the vaginal mucous membrane, c. vertebra'lis, vertebral or spinal column, spine.