From your stool you may be able to get clues about your diet, your gastrointestinal health, and even whether your stress, anger, or anxiety levels are too high. HOW FOOD BECOMES STOOL. From the moment food enters your mouth, your body embarks on a campaign to turn it into a soupy mush called chyme.
We are unable to collect your feedback at this time. At the base of the spinal column, near the first lumbar vertebra, is a collection of nerves called the cauda equina. They are called this because they resemble a horse's tail. Just above the cauda equina, the spinal cord ends and it continues on as this collection of spinal nerves through the vertebral canal. The cauda equina has approximately 10 fiber pairs at its base.
Medical definition of cauda equina: the roots of the spinal nerves that extend beyond the termination of the spinal cord at the first lumbar vertebraâ¦ the roots of the spinal nerves that extend beyond the termination of the spinal cord at the first lumbar vertebra in the form of a bundle ofâ¦ See the full definition