When a baby or infant’s spinal canal and backbone don’t close properly before birth, the child’s medical condition is known as myelomeningocele, which is a common form of spina bifida.
In normal fetal development, the spine’s two sides fuse to cover the spinal nerves, as well as the meninges or tissues over the spinal cord and the spinal cord itself. When spina bifida occurs, the child has a birth defect which prevents closure of the spine in a complete way.
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