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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spinal  \Spi"nal\,  a.  [L.  spinalis,  fr  spina  the  spine:  cf  F. 
  spinal.  See  {Spine}.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  Of  pertaining  to  or  in  the  region  of  the 
  backbone,  or  vertebral  column;  rachidian;  vertebral. 
 
  2.  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  spine  or  spines. 
 
  {Spinal  accessory  nerves},  the  eleventh  pair  of  cranial 
  nerves  in  the  higher  vertebrates.  They  originate  from  the 
  spinal  cord  and  pass  forward  into  the  skull,  from  which 
  they  emerge  in  company  with  the  pneumogastrics. 
 
  {Spinal  column},  the  backbone,  or  connected  series  or 
  vertebr[ae]  which  forms  the  axis  of  the  vertebrate 
  skeleton;  the  spine;  rachis;  vertebral  column. 
 
  {Spinal  cord},  the  great  nervous  cord  extending  backward  from 
  the  brain  along  the  dorsal  side  of  the  spinal  column  of  a 
  vertebrate  animal,  and  usually  terminating  in  a  threadlike 
  appendage  called  the  filum  terminale;  the  spinal,  or 
  vertebral,  marrow;  the  myelon.  The  nervous  tissue  consists 
  of  nerve  fibers  and  nerve  cells,  the  latter  being  confined 
  to  the  so-called  gray  matter  of  the  central  portions  of 
  the  cord,  while  the  peripheral  white  matter  is  composed  of 
  nerve  fibers  only.  The  center  of  the  cord  is  traversed  by 
  a  slender  canal  connecting  with  the  ventricles  of  the 
  brain. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spinal 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  the  spine  or  spinal  cord;  "spinal  cord"; 
  "spinal  injury" 
  n  :  anesthesia  of  the  lower  half  of  the  body;  caused  by  injury 
  to  the  spinal  cord  or  by  injecting  an  anesthetic  beneath 
  the  arachnoid  membrane  that  surrounds  the  spinal  cord 
  [syn:  {spinal  anesthesia},  {spinal  anaesthesia}] 




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