GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -At the bottom of the spinal cord (conus medullaris) is the cauda equina, a collection of nerves that derives its name from the Latin translation of “horse’s tail” (early anatomists thought the collection of nerves resembled a horse’s tail).

Detailed explanation-2: -Cauda equina neuritis, also known as polyneuritis equi, is a rarely recognized noninfectious, chronic relapsing, peripheral neurodegenerative disorder in horses. Cauda equina is latin for ‘horse’s tail’, since it resembles a horse’s tail. The disease was initially described in horses in 1897 in Germany.

Detailed explanation-3: -The spinal cord ends in the lumbar area and continues through the vertebral canal as spinal nerves. Because of its resemblance to a horse’s tail, the collection of these nerves at the end of the spinal cord is called the cauda equina.