See Also: segments of spinal cord(medicine)
cervical segments of spinal cord(medicine)
lumbar segments of spinal cord(medicine)
coccygeal segments of spinal cord(medicine)
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segments of spinal cord (medicine)


segments of spinal cord
Portions of the spinal cord corresponding to the line of attachment of the roots of the individual spinal nerves. These are the cervical spinal cord segments [C1-C8]; the thoracic spinal cord segments [T1-T12]; the lumbar spinal cord segments

Origin: L1-L5]; the sacral spinal cord segments [S1-S5]; and the coccygeal spinal cord segments [Co1-Co3].

Synonym: segmenta medullae spinalis.