| 1. | The terminal portion of the spinal cord is called the conus medullaris.
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| 2. | CES can occur by itself or alongside conus medullaris syndrome.
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| 3. | The upper end of the conus medullaris is usually not well defined.
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| 4. | Inferior to the lumbar enlargement is the conus medullaris.
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| 5. | It arises from the conus medullaris, and its anterior root helps form the coccygeal plexus.
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| 6. | Unlike in conus medullaris syndrome, symptoms often occur on only one side of the body.
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| 7. | The conus medullaris is situated below the L2 level in more than 75 % of these diastematomyelia patients.
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| 8. | The filum terminale provides a connection between the conus medullaris and the coccyx which stabilizes the entire spinal cord.
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| 9. | This is seen through both sets of veins combining to form a network of anastomoses around the conus medullaris.
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| 10. | It is important to insert the spinal needle below the conus medullaris at the L3 / L4 or L4 / L5 interspinous levels.
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