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| Where are the roots of spinal nerves? |
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| Where do motor nerve fibers from lower motor neurons exit? |
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| Where are the cell bodies of the LMN? |
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| Within the anterior grey horns |
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| Where do sensory nerve fibers enter? |
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| Where do the cells bodies of the sensory neurons lie? |
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| within the posterior root ganglia |
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| What is the conus medullaris? |
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| the lower end the spinal cord (lower border of the first lumbar vertebra) |
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| What is the cauda equina? |
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| the spinal nerve roots that extend beyond the conus medullaris (lower border of the 1st Lumbar) |
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| Where is the lower end of the subarachnoid space? |
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| lower border of the body of the second sacral vertebra |
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| Where is the highest point of the iliac crest? |
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| at the level of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra |
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| Why is the highest point of the iliac crest important? |
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| it is use to locate the space between the 4th and 5th lumbar bodies - a needle can be inserted to draw CSF |
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