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It depends on their height. It streches from your buttocks to your neck

The spinal cord in adults is approximately 42cm/17 inches long. It reaches from the foramen magnum of the skull (the very base of the skull) to the level of the first or second lumbar vertebrae which is about the same level as just below the ribs.

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The adult spinal cord is about 18 inches long

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2mm

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