Anatomy Lecture Notes – Midterm 2006

the vertebra for the cervical nerves, and . below. for all the rest. Though there are 33 vertebrae there are only 31 spinal nerves (8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 coccygeal) Vertebral houses the spinal cord in the vertebral canal- spinal cord is protected by layers of connective tissue membranes (meninges) and spaces: Pia mater ................
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