nervus spinalis

Thân thiện

A doctor points to a diagram of the nervus spinalis on a medical chart.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Spinal nerve: A nervus spinalis is any one of the 31 paired nerves that originate from the spinal cord. Each nerve is formed by the union of a dorsal (sensory) root and a ventral (motor) root, and it carries motor, sensory, and autonomic signals between the spinal cord and the body.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Damage to a nervus spinalis can cause pain, weakness, or numbness in its corresponding area of the body.
  • The doctor explained that the tingling sensation was due to compression of a nervus spinalis in the lower back.

Advanced Usage

• Clinical/Anatomical Context: The term "nervus spinalis" is primarily used in formal anatomical, medical, or scientific writing and discourse.
  • The study mapped the pathway of each nervus spinalis from the intervertebral foramen to its peripheral targets.

Variants and Related Words

• Spinal nerve: This is the common English equivalent term for "nervus spinalis".
  • Spinal nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system.
• Nerve root: Refers specifically to the dorsal or ventral root that combines to form the spinal nerve.
  • Herniated discs often press on a nerve root before it joins to become a spinal nerve.

Synonyms

• Spinal nerve: The direct and most frequently used synonym in English.

Related Phrases

• Spinal nerve plexus: A network where spinal nerves interconnect and reorganize.
  • The brachial plexus is formed from several cervical and thoracic nervus spinalis branches.
• Spinal nerve impingement: A condition where a spinal nerve is compressed.
  • Spinal nerve impingement is a common cause of sciatica.

Học thuật

Noun

1. 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)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• spinal nerve