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a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal
a diagram of the spinal column
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Spinal Metastasis Sometimes, lung cancer spreads to the spinal column (known as spinal metastasis).
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Joy Emeh, Health, 3 July 2024
The fall, Reeve's doctors say, caused multiple fractures of the first and second cervical vertebrae in his spinal column, those closest to the skull — a grievous injury that has left the actor paralyzed, unable to use any of his limbs or even to breathe without the aid of a respirator.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa because the nerves originating in the brain cross over into the lower brain stem before entering the spinal column.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2024
The stimulation starts in the brain, travels down the spinal column, and out the peripheral nerves to the muscles.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2024
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Joy Emeh, Health, 3 July 2024
The fall, Reeve's doctors say, caused multiple fractures of the first and second cervical vertebrae in his spinal column, those closest to the skull — a grievous injury that has left the actor paralyzed, unable to use any of his limbs or even to breathe without the aid of a respirator.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa because the nerves originating in the brain cross over into the lower brain stem before entering the spinal column.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2024
The stimulation starts in the brain, travels down the spinal column, and out the peripheral nerves to the muscles.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2024
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“Spinal column.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20column. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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