NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The spinal cord begins at the foramen magnum and ends at L1/L2 as the conus medullaris. Caudal to the conus medullaris is the cauda equina, which consists of spinal nerve roots from the more caudal segments of the spinal cord.

Detailed explanation-2: -The vertebral canal is composed of the vertebral foramen located in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae. The vertebral or spinal cord typically ends at the level of the L2 vertebra, where the spinal cord gives off multiple branching spinal nerves and nerve rootlets known as the cauda equina.