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filum terminale

A thin fibrous filament of the spinal meninges that extends from the tip of the spinal cord(conus medullaris) to the coccyx.

General

spinal cord structure

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Human Anatomy and Physiology, Alexander P Spence & Elliot B. Mason, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc, 1979.