Caudal Anatomy

Although not externally visible the human tail still exists in a vestigial form as the coccyx. In a cadaver study looking at the anatomy of caudal epidural space the sacral cornua were not palpable bilaterally in 143 and palpable unilaterally in 245 of specimens.

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Zoology zoology relating to resembling or in the position of the tail.

Caudal anatomy. Caudal from latin cauda meaning tail is used to describe how close something is to the trailing end of an organism for example in the horse the eyes are caudal to the nose and rostral to the back of the head. Pertaining to the tail or the hind part. Inferior to another structure in the sense of being below it.

Rostral and caudal are only used to describe structures within the central nervous system above the level of the spinal cord eg brainstem cerebrum and cerebellum. Caudal relating to or in the position of the tail. Caudal is also short for caudal epidural anesthesia.

Anatomy anatomy of or towards the posterior part of the body. Denoting a tailward direction in anatomy. Situated in or directed toward the tail or hind part.

For example the caudal fin of fish. They are more commonly used in neuroanatomy but can be applied to embryology. The level of maximum curvature of the sacrum was at s3 in 694 of cases.

An anatomic term meaning 1. Caudal pertaining to the tail end of the body. Caudal definition of at or near the tail or the posterior end of the body.

This variability tends to be more severe in males than in females. The terms caudal and caudad are both derived from the latin cauda tail. Caudal epidural block involves injection of medication through the sacral hiatus which is an arch shaped opening in the dorsal sacral surface.

The sacral canal is continuous with the lumbar spinal canal and contains the cauda equina nerve roots spinal meninges epidural fat and epidural venous plexus.

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