Cauda equina

The cauda equina is the collective term given to nerve roots distal to the conus medullaris, which occupy the lumbar cistern.

Its name comes from the Latin for "horse's tail".

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Anatomy: Spine

• osteology
  • vertebrae
    • vertebral vascular foramen
    • pars interarticularis
  • spinal canal
  • cervical spine
    • typical cervical vertebrae
      • carotid tubercle
    • atypical cervical vertebrae
      • atlas (C1)
        • split atlas
      • axis (C2)
      • vertebra prominens (C7)
  • thoracic spine
    • typical thoracic vertebrae
    • atypical thoracic vertebrae
      • T1
      • T11
      • T12
  • lumbar spine
    • typical lumbar vertebrae
    • atypical lumbar vertebrae
      • L5
  • sacrum
  • coccyx
  • anatomical variants
    • vertebral body
      • hemivertebra
      • block vertebra
      • vertebral cleft
      • butterfly vertebra
      • limbus vertebra
    • neural arch
      • arcuate foramen
      • posterior vertebral fusion anomalies
        • unfused spinous process
    • transitional vertebrae
      • atlanto-occipital assimilation
      • occipital vertebrae
        • third condyle (condylus tertius)
        • basilar process
        • paracondylar process
        • prebasioccipital arch
      • cervical rib
      • lumbar rib
      • transitional lumbosacral vertebrae
        • Castellvi classification
    • ossicles
      • accessory ossicle of the anterior arch of the atlas
      • persistent ossiculum terminale
      • os odontoideum
      • nuchal ligament sesamoid ossicle
      • Oppenheimer ossicle
  • ossification centers
• intervertebral disc
  • annulus fibrosus
  • nucleus pulposus
• articulations
  • atlanto-occipital joint
  • atlantoaxial joint
  • uncovertebral joint
  • intervertebral joint
  • zygapophyseal (facet) joint
    • facet joint capsule
    • retrodural space of Okada
  • sacroiliac joint
    • accessory sacroiliac joint
    • preauricular groove
• ligaments
  • anterior longitudinal ligament
  • posterior longitudinal ligament
  • posterior ligamentous complex
    • ligamentum flavum
    • interspinous ligament
    • supraspinous ligament
  • cervical spine ligaments
    • anterior atlanto-occipital membrane
    • apical ligament
    • alar ligaments
    • cruciate ligament of the atlas
    • tectorial membrane
    • posterior atlanto-occipital membrane
    • ligamentum nuchae
    • intertransverse ligaments
  • iliolumbar ligament
  • epidural ligaments
• musculature of the vertebral column
  • muscles of the neck
  • muscles of the back
    • suboccipital muscle group
      • rectus capitis posterior major muscle
      • rectus capitis posterior minor muscle
      • obliquus capitis superior muscle
      • obliquus capitis inferior muscle
    • splenius capitis muscle
    • splenius cervicis muscle
    • erector spinae group
    • transversospinalis group
    • quadratus lumborum muscle
• spinal meninges and spaces
  • epidural space
  • dura mater
  • subdural space
  • arachnoid mater
  • subarachnoid space
    • lumbar cistern
  • pia mater
    • filum terminale
    • denticulate ligaments
• spinal cord
  • gross anatomy
    • cervical spinal cord
      • craniocervical junction
      • cervical enlargement
    • thoracic spinal cord
    • lumbar spinal cord
      • lumbar enlargement
      • conus medullaris
      • ventriculus terminalis
    • cauda equina
  • white matter tracts (white matter)
    • corticospinal tract
    • anterolateral columns
      • anterior corticospinal tract
      • medial longitudinal fasciculus
      • spinothalamic tracts
        • lateral spinothalamic tract
        • anterior spinothalamic tract
    • lateral columns
      • lateral corticospinal tract
      • corticorubral tract
        • rubrospinal tract
      • spinocerebellar tract
    • dorsal columns
      • fasiculus gracilis (column of Goll)
      • fasiculus cuneatus (column of Burdach)
  • grey matter
    • dorsal horn
    • dorsal root ganglion
    • lateral horn
    • ventral horn
  • nerve root
    • conjoined nerve root
  • central canal
  • functional anatomy
    • thoracic autonomic outflow
    • sacral autonomic outflow
  • spinal cord blood supply
    • arteries
      • vertebral artery
        • anterior spinal artery
          • sulcal artery
        • posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
          • posterior spinal arteries
      • segmental arteries
        • artery of Adamkiewicz
    • veins
      • spinal segmental veins
        • vertebral venous plexus
        • Batson venous plexus
• sympathetic chain
  • stellate ganglion

Siehe auch:

• Cauda-equina-Syndrom
• Neoplasien der Cauda equina

und weiter:

• Kaudaredundanz
• Conus medullaris