spinal column

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He severed a nerve between my uterus and spinal column that reduced my pain and dramatically improved my quality of life.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2023

The spinal implant amplified weak signals from the brain to the damaged part of the spinal column and was boosted further by pre-programmed signals from a computer.

From BBC • May 24, 2023

There’s a reflex that ties different parts of movements along the spinal column together that aren’t normally linked.

From Scientific American • May 22, 2023

This helps exercisers avoid neck and back pain caused when a heavy load compresses the spinal column.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2022

Here we're somewhere in the middle of the head with the cortex above, the corpus callosum in the middle, and the brain stem descending to the spinal column.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman