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語源

From Latin cauda equina (literally “horse's tail”), from its appearance like a horsetail.

名詞

cauda equina (plural caudae equinae)

1. (anatomy) A bundle of nerve roots at the base of the spinal column.
   • 2004, Walter George Bradley, Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders, Volume 2‎, page 1158:

     The cauda equina normally begins at the level of the L1/2 disc space, distal to the conus medullaris.

同意語

• (anatomy): horsetail

派生語

• cauda equina syndrome (CES)