This anatomical term, literally translated from Latin as “horse’s tail”, refers to the leash of nerves that extend from the lower-most part of the spinal

The word cauda is Latin for “tail”. A syringomyelia cavity which is seen to enlarge progressively downward is expanding in a caudal direction.

The central nervous system develops, in the womb, from a strip of tissue, passing along the back of the embryo, and which then rolls itself

The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system. Nerves issue from both structures, passing out of the head and spinal canal,

The Latin word for the brain is cerebrum. The equivalent term derived from Greek is cephalo-. If we talk of a syringomyelia cavity expanding in

The lower-most part of the cerebellum is made up of a pair of structures, one on each side of the midline, known as the tonsils.

This word means the “little brain” and refers to a large part of the brain that sits in lowermost part of the skull, at the

Blood enters the brain through four arteries, one on each side of the midline at the front of the neck and another pair at the

This clear, water-like fluid forms, for the most part, within the brain, more specifically inside the ventricles of the brain. Blood flows through structures inside

The word cervix means neck. We all have a neck, holding up our head. Ladies, in addition, have a neck (cervix) to their womb. The