spinal nerve
Backbone's neural branch
A spinal nerve is one of the paired nerves that emerge from the spinal cord through openings between vertebrae.
Humans have 31 pairs, each carrying both sensory and motor signals between the spinal cord and a specific region of the body.
Damage to a spinal nerve can cause pain, numbness, or weakness in the area it serves.
- sciaticOf the hip
- femoralOf the thigh
- ulnarOf the inner forearm bone
- reflex arcNerve pathway for involuntary responses
- dorsal root ganglionSensory nerve cell cluster
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spinal nervecranial nerve
Nerve originating in brainstem
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