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spinal nerve, n.

any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)
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nervus spinalis spinal nerve

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spinal nerve root femoral nerve, nervus femoralis, anterior crural nerve phrenic nerve, nervus phrenicus cervical nerve coccygeal nerve, nervus coccygeus lumbar nerve sacral nerve thoracic nerve spinal nerve roots

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nerve, nervus