spinal column

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She also developed syringomyelia, which affects roughly eight in 100,000 people, in which cysts form on the spinal column.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

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

This roughly 230-million-year-old Mbiresaurus is represented by a nearly complete skeleton, containing parts of the skull and spinal column and elements of both the front and hind legs.

From Scientific American • Aug. 31, 2022

“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