How to Use spinal cord in a Sentence

spinal cord

noun
  • The spinal cord is one body part not to be messed with.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • In the new study, the embryos’ brains and spinal cords did have some cells from humans.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Other startups have focused on the brain or the eye or the spinal cord.
    Ashlee Vance, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Per Mayo Clinic, the rare form of cancer starts in the nerves that run from the spinal cord into the body.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The parasite can infect the brain, spinal cord and eyes and lead to eye disease and swelling of the brain.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The driver fled, leaving him bleeding on the street, his spinal cord crushed.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
  • In rare cases, the infection can spread outside the lungs to places like the skin, bones, brain and spinal cord.
    Katherine Dillinger, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
  • He was shot four times — in the shoulder, liver, stomach and spinal cord.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
  • An injury that includes damage to any part of the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal (cauda equina).
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
  • His spinal cord was severed and he was paralyzed from the waist down.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The dog had a spinal cord injury, leaving him unable to use his back legs — or wag his tail.
    Cathy Free, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But the virus can infect the brain or spinal cord and cause paralysis and sometimes death.
    Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The brain controls all aspects of thought and action, while the spinal cord transmits messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The disease can cause paralysis because the virus can infect the spinal cord.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Reggie Brown suffered a spinal cord injury in the final game of the 1997 season.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The Rams have three options at quarterback, but none is Matthew Stafford, who is out with a bruised spinal cord.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Lee, whose spinal cord was injured in the attack, is paralyzed from the neck down and can no longer speak.
    Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2022
  • The scan at 20 weeks confirmed the fetus's spinal cord hadn't closed so spinal fluid was leaking.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Twelve nerve pairs are connected to the brain, while the remaining 31 are connected to the spinal cord.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Glioblastoma is a type of cancer that occurs in the brain and spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    CBS News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Two long thin electrodes wind out of the device and carry current into the spinal cord.
    Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Meningitis is a disease that causes swelling of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
    Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Briscoe looked instead at the early development of the spinal cord.
    Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The bullets struck Blancornelas in his right lung, liver and spinal cord.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Steroids were administered to relieve swelling in a section of the spinal cord.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2022
  • Wallace survived but spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair after a bullet lodged in his spinal cord.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
  • Living with a spinal cord injury takes a lot of thinking outside the box and taking what the world has to offer.
    Mason Branstrator, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
  • For this trial, the team chose three men who were stable and whose spinal cord injuries occurred more than a year ago.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Though his character gets very close to getting drafted into the NBA, a spinal cord injury changes the entire course of his athletic career.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024

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