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spinal cord

noun

  1. the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.


spinal cord

noun

  1. the thick cord of nerve tissue within the spinal canal, which in man gives rise to 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and together with the brain forms the central nervous system


spinal cord

  1. The long, cordlike part of the central nervous system that is enclosed within the vertebral column (spine) and descends from the base of the brain, with which it is continuous. The spinal cord branches to form the nerves that convey motor and sensory impulses to and from the tissues of the body.


spinal cord

  1. The thick column of nerve tissue that extends from the base of the brain about two thirds of the way down the backbone. As part of the central nervous system , the spinal cord carries impulses back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body through a network of nerves that extend out from it like branches.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spinal cord1

First recorded in 1830–40

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Example Sentences

This was a challenge for someone with a spinal cord injury because Bloom was not able to rely on her torso for strength, instead powering the kayak with her upper body and arms.

From Time

The 3D mini-brain, through the information highway formed by the artificial spinal cord, was able to make the lab-grown muscle twitch on demand.

Freddie Gray was the 25-year-old Baltimore resident who, after his arrest in 2015, had his spinal cord gravely injured during what media has described as a “rough ride” in a police van.

He had shattered nine vertebrae and almost completely severed his spinal cord.

Setting such a low bar “fails to account for the wide range of dangerous outcomes children face in side impact collisions, such as severe spinal cord and neck injuries,” they wrote.

Some doctors speculate they are generated in the spinal cord.

Carlson, a writer who uses a wheelchair due to spinal cord injury, has been online dating since 1998.

Other spinal cord regeneration efforts involve using stem cells to regrow damaged or lost neurons.

Many other approaches to restore walking ability to spinal cord are underway.

We reported on the efforts of Dr. Susan Harkema, who is working to “wake up” dormant spinal cord neurons.

Usually these are in the liver, but sometimes they are in the brain, and sometimes in the bones that surround the spinal cord.

In syphilitic affections of the spinal cord, if the inflammation is acute death ensues in a few days or weeks.

All these symptoms are traceable directly to certain changes which have been noted in the spinal cord.

Sanatogen is a nerve and tissue food for which the brain, spinal cord and the nerves have a special predilection.

Body of a nerve-cell of the spinal cord, specially stained so as to show the minute structure.

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