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NERVUS SPINALIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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)

Synonyms:

nervus spinalis; spinal nerve

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nervus spinalis" is a kind of...):

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nervus spinalis"):

spinal nerve root (one of two roots of the spinal nerves)

anterior crural nerve; femoral nerve; nervus femoralis (one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh)

nervus phrenicus; phrenic nerve (one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing)

cervical nerve (any of eight pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the cervical section of the spinal cord)

coccygeal nerve; nervus coccygeus (the lowest pair of spinal nerves)

lumbar nerve (any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the lumbar section of the spinal cord)

sacral nerve (any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the sacral region of the spinal cord)

thoracic nerve (any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord)

spinal nerve roots (either of two roots of the spinal nerves)

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