| cauda equina syndrome |
The cauda equina is a bundle of nerves at the bottom of the spinal cord. Cauda equina syndrome is severe compression of the cauda equina resulting in loss of bowel or bladder function, loss of sensation in the buttocks and groin, and weakness in the legs.
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| caudad |
toward the tail or inferiorly.
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| caudal |
for vertebra the side facing towards the tail.
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| cauda equina syndrome |
compression (usually due to the extrinsic pressure of a massive, centrally herniated disc) on a sheaf of nerve roots from the lower cord segments, often resulting in bilateral motor weakness of the lower extremities, saddle anaesthesia, and urine retention or incontinence from loss of sphincter function.
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| cauda equina n. |
inflammation of the nerve roots of the cauda equina of a horse or dog, usually seen in adults; symptoms include paralysis of the tail and certain abdominal muscles, with incoordination of the hind limbs and often fecal and urinary incontinence. Called also cauda equina syndrome.
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