Spinal nerve

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Synonyms
Nervus spinalis, Rückenmarksnerv

A spinal nerve is the nerve assigned, via its anterior and posterior roots, to one side of a specific spinal cord segment.

Anatomy

The emerging spinal nerves are divided into 8 cervical (C1–C8), 12 thoracic (Th1–Th12), 5 lumbar (L1–L5), and 5 sacral spinal nerves (S1–S5), as well as 1 coccygeal spinal nerve, the nervus coccygeus.

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Illustration of the spinal nerve, Sobotta
Schematic anatomical drawing adapted from Sobotta's Textbook and Atlas of Human Anatomy 1908, Figure 613.
Anatomical drawing of the spinal nerve
Schematic anatomical drawing adapted from Sobotta's Textbook and Atlas of Human Anatomy 1908, Figure 612.

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