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Neuroanatomical Considerations

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Evoked Spinal Cord Potentials

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The central nervous system includes the spinal cord and the brain. The spinal cord is an elongated, roughly cylindrical structure that is found within the vertebral canal (Fig. 1.1A,C). It joins the medulla oblongata at the level of the foramen magnum of the skull (Fig. 1.1A), and in adults it terminates caudally at the interspace between the first and second lumbar vertebrae (Fig. 1.1C). The spinal cord of the adult human is about 42–45cm long and 1cm in diameter at its widest extent, and it weighs about 35g (Nolte, 2002).

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Willis, W.D. (2006). Neuroanatomical Considerations. In: Shimoji, K., Willis, W.D. (eds) Evoked Spinal Cord Potentials. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-30901-2_1

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