SPINAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spinal nerve mean? 

• SPINAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun SPINAL NERVE has 1 sense:

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)

  Familiarity information: SPINAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINAL NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nervus spinalis; spinal nerve

Hypernyms ("spinal nerve" 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 "spinal nerve"):

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)

 Context examples 

The anterior primary branches of the thoracic spinal nerves (T1 to T11).

(Intercostal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the five spinal nerves originating from the lumbar region.

(Lumbar Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the two bundles of nerve fibers (dorsal and ventral roots) emerging from the spinal cord that join to form each spinal nerve.

(Nerve Root, NCI Thesaurus)

A domain for physiological findings related to the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, the cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia and plexuses.

(Nervous System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any component of the entire nerve apparatus, including the brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses.

(Nervous System Part, NCI Thesaurus)

The entire nerve apparatus, composed of a central part, the brain and spinal cord, and a peripheral part, the cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses.

(Murine Nervous System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The area of skin innervated by a single posterior spinal nerve (sensory nerve).

(Dermatome, NCI Thesaurus)

The thirty-first and final spinal nerve arising from the sacral plexus.

(Coccygeal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

The spinal nerve plexuses and the spinal roots are also included.

(Murine Spinal Nerves, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)