Spinal nerve roots (31 pairs)

Looks like

Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves, each formed where a front and a back root from the cord join at its exit hole.

What it does

Carry movement out and sensation in, one strip of body per pair.

Keeping it well

Keep moving with sciatica; numbness in the groin with bladder trouble is an emergency.

Its parts

• Anterior root of spinal nerve
• Anterior rami of lumbar nerves
• Posterior root of spinal nerve

Related conditions

• Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• B12 & folate deficiency
• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• Botulism
• Chiari malformation and syringomyelia
• Chickenpox (varicella)
• Chronic neuropathic pain
• Chronic pain syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Friedreich's ataxia
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Herniated disc
• Lyme disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• Myasthenia gravis
• Neck pain and cervical spondylosis
• Neurofibromatosis type 1
• Neurogenic bladder
• Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Poliomyelitis
• Rabies
• Restless legs syndrome
• Shingles (herpes zoster)
• Spina bifida & neural tube defects
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Tetanus
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies