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Definition of Spinal nerve
Spinal nerve: One of the nerves that originates in the spinal cord.
There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves. They consist of the 8 cervical nerves, 12 thoracic nerves, 5 lumbar nerves, 5 sacral nerves, and 1 coccygeal nerve.
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Last Editorial Review: 8/4/2001
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