cauda

SYN: tail (1). [L. a tail]

- c. epididymidis [TA] SYN: tail of epididymis.

- c. equina [TA] the bundle of spinal nerve roots arising from the lumbosacral enlargement and medullary cone and running through the lumbar cistern (subarachnoid space) within the vertebral canal below the first lumbar vertebra; it comprises the roots of all the spinal nerves below the first lumbar. [L. horse tail]

- c. fasciae dentatae SYN: uncus band of Giacomini.

- c. helicis [TA] SYN: tail of helix.

- c. nuclei caudati [TA] SYN: tail of caudate nucleus.

- c. pancreatis [TA] SYN: tail of pancreas.

- c. striati SYN: tail of caudate nucleus.

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cau·da 'kau̇d-ə, 'kȯd- n, pl cau·dae 'kau̇-.dī, 'kȯ-.dē a taillike appendage: TAIL

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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.

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cau·da (kawґdə) pl. cauґdae [L.] 1. a tail or taillike appendage. 2. an anatomical structure resembling such an appendage.