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. 2015 Jul;38(4):532–537. doi: 10.1179/1079026814Z.000000000273

Table 1 .

The diameters and number of nerve fibers in spinal nerve roots

Segment Diameter (mm)
Number of nerve fibers
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.