A spinal nerve is a mixed nerve, which carries motor, sensory, and autonomic signals between the spinal cord and the body. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, one on each side of the human vertebral column. These are grouped into the corresponding regions of the spinal column namely cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal. There are eigh...
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in vertebrates, any one of many paired peripheral nerves that arise from the spinal cord. In humans there are 31 pairs: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 ... [4 related articles]
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Spinal nerves pass through the intervertebral canals Connections of the spinal nerve roots to the spinal cord The branches of a spinal nerve Typical spinal nerve, with a cross section of the spinal cord Any of the nerves that arise in pairs from the spinal cord. The s...
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A bilaterally symmetrical pair of peripheral nerves arising from each spinal segment, and responsible for the body's sensory, skeletomuscular and visceral operation.
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Nerves that branch from the spinal cord in pairs, emerging at various levels along its length. They carry information from all over the body to the spinal cord and relay commands from the brain and spinal cord back to the body.
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Spinal nerve: One of the nerves that originates in the spinal cord. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves. They consist of the 8 cervical nerves, 12 thoracic nerves, 5 lumbar nerves, 5 sacral nerves, and 1 coccygeal nerve.
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One of the 31 pairs of nerves that arise from the spinal cord.
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n] - any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)
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nervus spinalis noun any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)
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