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8 Cards in this Set
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How many cervical segments are there in the spinal cord?
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8
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How many thoracic segments are there in the spinal cord?
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12
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How many lumbar segments are there in the spinal cord?
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5
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How many sacral segments are there in the spinal cord?
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5
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How many coccygeal segments are there in the spinal cord?
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1
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Where is the cervical enlargement of the spinal cord conventionally considered to lie?
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C5 to T1
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Where is the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord conventionally considered to lie?
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L2 to S3
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Where would you perform a lumbar puncture?
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Below L2 (as this is where the spinal cord ends)
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