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This chapter provides the normal spinal cord anatomy along with the description of the origins and structure of the normal spinal nerves and their surroundings. Some peculiarities of the transitional zone between CNS and PNS are also given.
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Matejčík, V., Haviarová, Z., Kuruc, R., Šteňo, A., Šteňo, J. (2019). The Composition and Structure of Peripheral Nerves. In: Intraspinal Variations of Nerve Roots. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01686-9_1
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