See Also: segments of spinal cord(medicine)
coccygeal segments of spinal cord(medicine)
cervical segments of spinal cord(medicine)
lumbar segments of spinal cord(medicine)
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askew (iou) and segments of spinal cord (medicine)


askew (iou)



askew adverb & (usu. pred.) adjective. M16.
[from A preposition1 1 + SKEW noun3.]
Oblique(ly), askance, to one side; awry, crooked(ly).
look askew fig. (arch.) look disdainfully or as if pretending not to see.
Sir W. Scott The boy looking askew at him with his sharp gray eyes. S. Smiles Bridges of masonry..several of them askew bridges. M. Bradbury Collision ensued; the kiss went askew and landed in her hair. L. Deighton His hair was unkempt and his club tie was, as always, askew. B. Chatwin An old yew-tree whose writhing roots have set the paving slabs askew.

segments of spinal cord (medicine)


segments of spinal cord
Portions of the spinal cord corresponding to the line of attachment of the roots of the individual spinal nerves. These are the cervical spinal cord segments [C1-C8]; the thoracic spinal cord segments [T1-T12]; the lumbar spinal cord segments

Origin: L1-L5]; the sacral spinal cord segments [S1-S5]; and the coccygeal spinal cord segments [Co1-Co3].

Synonym: segmenta medullae spinalis.