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Descriptor English: Cauda Equina
Descriptor Spanish: Cauda Equina
Descriptor cauda equina
Entry term(s) cola de caballo (médula espinal)
filum terminal
Scope note: La reunión de las raíces nerviosas espinales, lumbares, sacras y coccígeas, que descienden de la porción inferior de la MÉDULA ESPINAL y ocupan el canal vertebral por debajo de éste; su aspecto se asemeja al de la cola de un caballo. (Dorland, 27th ed.)
Descriptor Portuguese: Cauda Equina
Descriptor French: Queue de cheval
Entry term(s): Equina, Cauda
Filum Terminale
Terminale, Filum
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.725.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002420
Scope note: The lower part of the SPINAL CORD consisting of the lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal nerve roots.
Annotation: disease: coordinate IM with PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS (IM); cauda equina syndrome: CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME see POLYRADICULOPATHY is available
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: FILUM TERMINALE was see under CAUDA EQUINA 1963-78
Online Note: use CAUDA EQUINA to search FILUM TERMINALE 1966-78
History Note: FILUM TERMINALE was see under CAUDA EQUINA 1963-78
Related: Spinal Cord MeSH
DeCS ID: 2459
Unique ID: D002420
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/13
Cauda Equina - Preferred
Concept UI M0003689
Scope note The lower part of the SPINAL CORD consisting of the lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal nerve roots.
Preferred term Cauda Equina
Entry term(s) Equina, Cauda
Filum Terminale - Narrower
Concept UI M0003690
Preferred term Filum Terminale
Entry term(s) Terminale, Filum



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