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Cervical enlargement
| Cervical enlargement | |
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| File:Gray663.png | |
| Diagrams of the medulla spinalis. (Cervical enlargement labeled at upper right.) | |
| Latin | intumescentia cervicalis |
| Gray's | subject #185 752 |
The cervical enlargement corresponds with the attachments of the large nerves which supply the upper limbs.
It extends from about the third cervical to the second thoracic vertebra, its maximum circumference (about 38 mm.) being on a level with the attachment of the sixth pair of cervical nerves.
The reason behind the enlargement of the cervical region is because of the increased neural input and output to the upper limbs.
An analogous region in the lower limbs occurs at the lumbar enlargement.
External links
- cervical+enlargement at eMedicine Dictionary
- Template:NormanAnatomy
- SUNY Labs 02:08-0101 - "Vertebral Canal and Spinal Cord: Regions of the Spinal Cord"
- Template:UMichAtlas - "Spinal Cord, Fetus, Posterior View"
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.Template:Spinal cordTemplate:Neuroscience-stub
