A tail or a tail-like structure. For example, the cauda equina (‘horse’s tail’) is a collection of nerve roots arising from the lumbar, sacral and coccygeal spinal nerves. The resulting bundle, fancifully resembling a horse’s tail, runs down inside the spinal column until the individual ?bres leave through their respective openings.
n. a tail-like structure. The cauda equina is a bundle of nerve roots from the lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal spinal nerves that descend nearly vertically from the spinal cord until they reach their respective openings in the vertebral column.
damage to the *cauda equina, the nerve roots arising from the terminal end of the spinal cord, due to trauma or compression. Without urgent surgical intervention, it can result in paralysis, loss of sensation in the legs, and bladder and bowel incontinence.... cauda equina syndrome
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