A answered. Once the bacteria from a cat scratch reaches the blood stream, cat scratch disease (CSD) can spread to various parts of the body. Swollen lymph nodes closest to the scratch or bite are the most noticeable symptom. Most often these are the lymph nodes in the head, neck or upper limbs.
The upper three regions comprise the remaining 24, and are grouped under the names cervical (7 vertebrae), thoracic (12 vertebrae) and lumbar (5 vertebrae), according to the regions they occupy. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrae.
There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves in the human body. These nerve pairs are grouped together into their specific region on the spinal cord, including the eight cervical nerves, 12 thoracic, five sacral, one coccygeal and five pairs of lumbar nerves. Full Answer >.