The filum terminale plus the roots of the spinal nerves below the first lumbar nerve. In the average adult human, the spinal cord itself terminates at about the second lumbar vertebra.
Letter: c
Toward, or nearer to, the tail or coccyx.
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Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea
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Clostridium difficile Infection
Dynamic Lung Compliance
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Nerve Location: behind stomach, in front of aorta at the level of the origin of the celiac artery. Its branches are distributed to other abdominal plexuses that supply various organs. Contains sympathetic elements.
A type of immunity that utilizes white blood cells instead of antibodies or complement. Resistance to TB elicits a cell-mediated immunological response.