Exploration of the spinal cord and meninges in situ
Cauda equina, conus medullaris and filum terminale
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Exploration of the spinal cord and meninges in situ
Cauda equina, conus medullaris and filum terminale
The lumbar part of the spinal cord has been exposed. The conus medullaris ends at the level of the arch of the second lumbar vertebra.
- Posterior lateral cutaneous branch of thoracic nerve XII
- Posterior intertransverse muscle
- Arch of lumbar vertebra I (cut across)
- Lateral intertransverse muscle
- Mamillary processs lumbar vertebra II
- Posterior branch of lumbar nerve I
- Dorsal iliocostal muscle
- Spinous process lumbar vertebra II (partly resected)
- Joint capsule of intervertebral articulation
- Dorsal root thoracic nerve XII
- Denticulate ligament
- Lumbar enlargement
- Latissimus dorsi muscle (cut across)
- Cauda equina
- Longissimus dorsi muscle
- Superior articular surface lumbar vertebra II
- Conus medullaris
- Filum terminale