Table 1 .
Segment | Diameter (mm) |
Number of nerve fibers |
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---|---|---|---|---|
Ventral root | Dorsal root | Ventral root | Dorsal root | |
C1 | 0.97 ± 0.16 | 1.21 ± 0.28 | 2751 ± 639 | 6430 ± 1606 |
C2 | 1.34 ± 0.30 | 2.61 ± 0.51 | 3116 ± 724 | 11 947 ± 2977 |
C3 | 0.80 ± 0.23 | 2.87 ± 0.52 | 2460 ± 471 | 21 876 ± 1916 |
C4 | 1.39 ± 0.24 | 2.49 ± 0.34 | 3833 ± 408 | 10 647 ± 887 |
C5 | 2.50 ± 0.55 | 3.43 ± 0.77 | 7841 ± 1020 | 23 300 ± 2856 |
C6 | 2.23 ± 0.73 | 3.99 ± 0.75 | 7048 ± 1157 | 36 353 ± 7451 |
C7 | 2.22 ± 0.50 | 4.61 ± 0.87 | 8467 ± 1019 | 39 653 ± 8458 |
C8 | 1.71 ± 0.60 | 3.92 ± 0.62 | 5883 ± 1000 | 31 156 ± 8273 |
T1 | 1.03 ± 0.23 | 2.18 ± 0.31 | 5788 ± 1186 | 26 507 ± 7617 |
T2 | 0.75 ± 0.11 | 1.30 ± 0.14 | 3576 ± 398 | 10 234 ± 1728 |
T3 | 0.78 ± 0.10 | 1.35 ± 0.16 | 5499 ± 1126 | 14 888 ± 2514 |
T4 | 0.77 ± 0.17 | 1.13 ± 0.13 | 5485 ± 973 | 10 849 ± 1832 |
T5 | 0.64 ± 0.08 | 1.21 ± 0.30 | 5326 ± 1314 | 8355 ± 1390 |
T6 | 0.71 ± 0.18 | 1.07 ± 0.16 | 3666 ± 1407 | 10 015 ± 1666 |
T7 | 0.78 ± 0.15 | 1.25 ± 0.27 | 4297 ± 1130 | 9123 ± 1178 |
T8 | 0.83 ± 0.25 | 1.29 ± 0.18 | 3643 ± 1340 | 7619 ± 903 |
T9 | 0.81 ± 0.15 | 1.33 ± 0.25 | 5209 ± 704 | 8369 ± 967 |
T10 | 0.72 ± 0.08 | 1.27 ± 0.15 | 5269 ± 963 | 11 329 ± 2724 |
T11 | 0.69 ± 0.08 | 1.26 ± 0.16 | 4870 ± 895 | 9713 ± 1824 |
T12 | 0.76 ± 0.14 | 1.45 ± 0.19 | 6538 ± 892 | 10 420 ± 802 |
L1 | 0.81 ± 0.07 | 1.55 ± 0.28 | 5384 ± 833 | 16 820 ± 3456 |
L2 | 0.96 ± 0.16 | 1.93 ± 0.27 | 7374 ± 720 | 18 615 ± ±3284 |
L3 | 1.19 ± 0.07 | 2.24 ± 0.30 | 9169 ± 1160 | 26 191 ± 2772 |
L4 | 1.04 ± 0.07 | 2.48 ± 0.38 | 7878 ± 1386 | 31 175 ± 2686 |
L5 | 1.37 ± 0.16 | 2.66 ± 0.40 | 8657 ± 1396 | 34 455 ± 2740 |
S1 | 1.43 ± 0.16 | 2.95 ± 0.57 | 8253 ± 1419 | 41 543 ± 3036 |
S2 | 0.93 ± 0.11 | 2.02 ± 0.53 | 4766 ± 1035 | 18 642 ± 1716 |
S3 | 0.55 ± 0.07 | 1.32 ± 0.60 | 2233 ± 299 | 11 971 ± 964 |
S4 | 0.34 ± 0.03 | 0.52 ± 0.17 | 1356 ± 193 | 3402 ± 304 |
S5 | 0.14 ± 0.02 | 0.27 ± 0.13 | 906 ± 111 | 2206 ± 197 |
Values represent mean ± SD.