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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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Risk for spinal cord or cauda equina compression is increased if the problem is left unmanaged by medical/surgical interventions.
Sexual counseling among male and female patients with spinal cord and/or cauda equina injury.
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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