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cauda

Tail, or tail-like appendage; part of the cauda equina, a bundle of nerves at the lower of the spinal cord in vertebrates.


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20) Haldeman and Rubenstein (19) reviewed the literature over a 77-year period and found 10 reports of cauda equina syndrome occurring as a result of lumbar spine manipulation.
For example, cauda equina syndrome is a partial or complete loss of control of the bowel or bladder and sometimes sexual function; it is due to compression of the collection of spinal roots that descend from the lower part of the spinal cord and occupy the vertebral canal below the cord.
 
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