Mother holding her 5 month old baby, born with meningomyelocele, a type of spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal canal and the backbone don't close before birth. This type of birth defect is also called a neural tube defect. The spinal cord and the meninges (the tissue that covers the spinal cord) may actually protrude through the child's back. In some cases skin covers the spinal cord and meninges, in some cases it sticks through the skin. | |
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