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Recent Examples of spinal cord
The technology may also be adapted for use in the spinal cord or integrated into artificial skull plates for continuous monitoring.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
His 40-year-old son has a spinal cord injury, leaving him unable to work.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The brain, spinal cord and nerves, as well as muscles, ligaments, and tendons are seen much more clearly with MRI than with regular x-rays and CT scans.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Dane disclosed in April that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and causes loss of muscle control.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
His 40-year-old son has a spinal cord injury, leaving him unable to work.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The brain, spinal cord and nerves, as well as muscles, ligaments, and tendons are seen much more clearly with MRI than with regular x-rays and CT scans.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Dane disclosed in April that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and causes loss of muscle control.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinal cord
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The team identified a continuous midline feature that began as a fleshy crest along the neck and trunk and transitioned over the hips into a single row of spikes running down the tail — each spike positioned over a single vertebra and fitted to each other.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Poking out of the vertical wall of a cutbank in a seasonally dry river was a vertebra – part of the backbone – and some ossified tendons.—
Paul C. Sereno,
The Conversation,
24 Oct. 2025
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São Paulo State Military Police found Jankavski’s body in underwear, with an injury to her left eye and marks on her back.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Having had long hair for the majority of my life, getting my strands to grow anywhere past my shoulders, and eventually down to at least the bra strap across my back felt like some sort of accomplishment.—
Kayla Greaves,
Essence,
6 Nov. 2025
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Spinal stenosis, which causes the spinal column to tighten, and kyphosis, which causes a curved spine, are two types.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
1 Nov. 2025
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Deshong told the jury the inmate suffered a fractured spine that required surgery because there was blood in his spinal column.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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Although many of its bones were unearthed from the Morrison Formation in Colorado in 2021-2022, its skull and parts of its vertebral column were missing, leaving scientists unsure of its precise length.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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The Chicago fossil possesses the only vertebral column of an Archaeopteryx, which includes two tiny vertebrae at the tip of the tail, showing there were a total of 24 vertebrae, one more than previously thought.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2025
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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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