spinal column
Example Sentences
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After the first neck injury in 2019, Vander Esch was diagnosed with a narrow spinal column and underwent fusion surgery.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
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
These events conspicuously occur before the evolution of major novelties like the spinal column in vertebrates, flowers in plants, and fermentation in yeast.
From Scientific American • May 4, 2023
“The reflex-arc response taking place in the upper ganglia of the spinal column requires several microseconds more in the humanoid robot than in a human nervous system.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
