Spinal Nerve (Noun)
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).
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The spinal nerve exits the spinal canal through the intervertebral foramen, a narrow opening between adjacent vertebrae.
- Damage to a spinal nerve can cause pain, numbness, and weakness in the area of the body supplied by that nerve.
- Each spinal nerve has both sensory and motor components, transmitting information to and from the spinal cord.
- The spinal nerves are named according to the vertebra through which they exit, such as the C5 spinal nerve emerging between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae.
- Injury to a spinal nerve root can result in radiculopathy, a condition characterized by pain and neurological symptoms in the affected limb.