The cauda equina (Latin for `horse`s tail`) is a bundle of spinal nerves and spinal nerve roots, consisting of the second through fifth lumbar nerve pairs, the first through fifth sacral nerve pairs, and the coccygeal nerve, all of which originate in the conus medullaris of the spinal cord. The nerves that compose the cauda equina innervate the......
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The bundle of spinal nerve roots arising from the end of the spinal cord and filling the lower part of the spinal canal.
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(from the article `human embryology`) ...the spinal cord, drags nerve roots downward, since each nerve must continue to emerge between the same two vertebrae. Because of their appearance, ...
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Credit: U.S. National Institutes of Health A collection of spinal nerves that descends from the lower part (distal end) of the spinal column, beyond the conus medullaris, and occupies the lower third of the spinal canal (the central space within the spine). The way the nerves splay out resemble...
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The fan- or horsetail-shaped array of nerves leaving the base of the spinal cord (seen below the first lumbar vertebrae).
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<anatomy> A bundle of spinal nerve roots which arise from the termination of the spinal cord proper, it comprises the roots of all the spinal nerves below the first lumbar (L1). ... (16 Mar 1998) ...
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The group of spinal roots which descend from the inferior portion of the spinal cord. (literally "horse's tail")
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A sheaf of nerve roots which runs down through the lower parts of the spinal canal.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the bundle of spinal nerve roots arising from the lumbosacral enlargement and medullary cone and running through the lumbar cistern (subarachnoid space) within the vertebral canal below the first lumbar vertebra; it comprises the roots of all the spinal nerves below the first lumbar.
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Cauda equina: A bundle of spinal nerve roots that arise from the bottom end of the spinal cord. The cauda equina comprises the roots of all the spinal nerve roots below the level of the first lumbar (L1) vertebra, namely the sacral and coccygeal nerves. So named because it resembles the tail (Latin, cauda) of a horse (Latin, equus). See also Cauda ...
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(kaw;dua e-kwi;nua) The lower end of the spinal cord where the roots of spinal nerves have a tail-like appearance.
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The cauda equina is a descriptive Latin term referring to the bundle of nerve roots from the lumbar and sacral levels that branch off the bottom of the spinal cord like a "horse
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The nerve roots at the termination of the spinal cord.
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cauda equina, horse's tail.
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Latin = a horse's tail.
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The 'horse's tail' made up of a bundle of spinal nerves at the base of the
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