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The cauda equina is a cluster of nerves located approximately in the middle of the back. Its purpose is basically to transmit messages from the upper part of the human body to the lower.
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What is the medical term for Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord?
That's called the cauda equina because it resembles a horses tail.
What part of the spine is the cauda equina?
Cauda equina is the roots of the spinal nerves controlling movement and sensation in the legs. These nerve roots are located in the lower spine and resemble a horse's tail (cauda equina in Latin).
What is the cauda equina also called?
Horse's tail
How did you get cauda equina syndrome after lumbar laminectomy with a spinal fusion?
i develop cauda equina syndrome post laminectomy with rupture of the spinal cor membrane dura madre
Is the cauda equina part of the nervous system?
Cauda Equina is a bundle of spiral nerves and spinal nerve root-PAula and Jand
What is the motor branch exiting the spinal cord?
cauda equina
What are the nerves projecting inferiorly from the spinal cord?
cauda equina
What do the word cauda equina'' mean?
a bundle of separete nerve
What is the difference between the filum terminale and cauda equina?
The cauda equina is the bunch of spinal nerves at the caudal end of the spinal cord from L3-CO1. The filum terimanle is the non-neural fiborous end
What is the name of the structure of the pia mater caudal to the spinal cord?
cauda equina
What the tail end of the spinal cord called?
conus medullaris
What does the medical abbreviation CES mean?
cauda equina syndrome
