Spinal Cord Syndrome
Spinal cord Anatomy Extent Spinal cord stretches from foramen magnum till coccyx in fetal life then due to growth of spine it fall short · At 3 rd fetal month up to coccyx · At birth lower border of L3 · Adult spinal cord ends at lower border of L1 body Spinal cord level /Spinal Level Spinal cord · Upper cervical Same level · Lower cervical + 1 · Upper thoracic + 2 · Lower thoracic +3 · T12 Lower lumber · L1 Sacral cord Spinal cord SPECIAL SEGMENTS · 1. Cervical enlargement C5-T1 · 2. Lumber enlargement L3-S2 · 3. Conus S3-Co · 4. Epiconus