How to Use spinal column in a Sentence

spinal column

noun
  • Briscoe tried to run, but his legs failed him: He’d been struck in the back, just to the right of his spinal column.
    Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Briscoe tried to run, but his legs failed him: He'd been struck in the back, just to the right of his spinal column.
    USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The opening leaks spinal fluid, and the base of the brain can sink into the spinal column and be harmed by pressure.
    Denise Grady, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
  • In rare situations, CSF can leak in either the spinal column or the skull.
    Korin Miller, Health.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Three of them so close to his brain, his spinal column, his major arteries and his heart.
    Joe Robertson, kansascity, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Judging by cranial bones and teeth, one of the men was young, likely aged 18 to 25, with a spinal column with compressed discs.
    Frances D'emilio, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Fragments hit her rib and liver, and severed much of her spinal column.
    Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • In most people, the spinal column is made up of 33 stacked vertebrae that house and protect the nerves of the spinal cord and the bundle of nerves that sits below it.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 15 May 2018
  • Multifidus The multifidus is a muscle that extends the length of the spinal column and helps to stabilizes joints in the spine.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The entire spinal column is lined on either side with very strong erector muscles that support the core.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 1 Mar. 2019
  • The dog appeared to be malnourished, as its rib cage and spinal column were visible.
    cleveland, 28 Sep. 2019
  • As the viral infection spread through the brain, the membranes of the brain and spinal column swelled, and this AIDS dementia complex worsened.
    Sharon Guynup, Science, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The secret, Mathew believes, is to separate the brain and the spinal column in one piece that will be introduced into a new body.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The cluster is currently below her brain stem near her spinal column.
    James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 5 Apr. 2020
  • These tools alleviate the impact transferred to the joints and spinal column when walking and standing on hard floors.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Avoid cuts to the spinal column, which is where chronic wasting disease has been found to have the most infectivity.
    Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2021
  • Sudanese men were trained in beef plants to use a heavy power saw to halve carcasses and then remove the spinal column with a manual hook.
    Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • Cathy Hutchinson has been trapped in her frozen body for 14 years, after a stroke disconnected her brain from her spinal column.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2012
  • Meas, who was wearing a helmet, damaged his spine at the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae, which are near the top of the spinal column.
    Laura Ungar, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2017
  • In 2003, he was diagnosed with benign tumors in his spinal column.
    Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2019
  • The Pulse platform’s 3D images of the spine during the operation ensured the precise placement of the screws along the spinal column, and allowed Glotzbecker to see if the spine is straight enough.
    cleveland, 13 June 2022
  • The trip sent South Korean astronaut Yi So-yeon to the hospital with injuries to her neck muscles and a bruised spinal column.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 11 Oct. 2018
  • However, medically, the injury is not related to the spinal column, and the spinal cord or nerves are not in danger.
    Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Oct. 2017
  • What was once 29 feet and eight tons is now six feet of spinal column volunteers work to pry apart, the rest of her buried, sunken, eaten, rendered, evaporated.
    Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Spinal stenosis is when a major nerve structure, a nerve root or the spinal cord itself, is compressed by hard structures around the spinal column, such as the bones and ligaments.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Doctors also told her a fragment of the shell was lodged in her spinal column, paralyzing her lower limbs.
    TIME.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The short version: Our son was essentially missing a chunk of DNA that creates the protein that allows your spinal column to talk to your muscles.
    refinery29.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Inside the body, the brain, spinal column, and spleen all serve as reservoirs for the infected prions, which makes them good areas for diagnosis.
    al.com, 14 June 2019
  • Because there are trackers on the spinal column that match CT scans taken of the spine, Moss sees exactly what is beneath the skin, even if the patient moves slightly during surgery.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Kane has spina bifida, a birth defect in which an area of the spinal column doesn’t form properly and often impacts a person’s ability to walk and run.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022

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