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Question 1

Spinal cord

Answer 1

The cord of nervous tissue
that extends caudally from the medulla.

Question 2

Spinal root

Answer 2

A bundle of axons surrounded by connective tissue that occurs in
pairs, which fuse and form a spinal nerve.

Question 3

Cauda equina

Answer 3

A bundle of
spinal roots located caudal to the end of
the spinal cord

Question 4

Caudal Block

Answer 4

The anesthesia and paralysis of the lower part of the body produced
by injection of a local anesthetic into the
cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the cauda
equina.

Question 5

Dorsal Root

Answer 5

The spinal root that contains
incoming (afferent) sensory fibers

Question 6

Ventral root

Answer 6

The spinal root that
contains outgoing (efferent) motor fibers