How to Use spinal cord in a Sentence

spinal cord

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • That’s thanks to the extra connection between his brain and spinal cord, in addition to the bridge between his brain and body.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 28 July 2023
  • After sustaining a spinal cord injury during a hike in 1984, Jimenez used a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Citchen-Spruce, who uses a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury, looked at a number of places in andaround the city.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022
  • In both of these cases, not enough blood is getting to the central nervous system (the brain, the spinal cord and the retinas), which can lead to cell death -- the hallmark of a stroke.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 July 2023
  • When he was admitted to the hospital, doctors told the family that Mike had suffered a stroke of the brain and spinal cord.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • When consumed, delta 8 binds to the CB1 receptors in the brain and spinal cord, reducing the transmission of pain signals.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The accident severed his spinal cord, and Whitney was learning how to use a wheelchair.
    — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • These pathogens can cause a range of potentially severe infections in the lungs, urinary tract, ears, blood, open wounds, or even the brain and the spinal cord.
    — Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • That interiority, the inner narratives of Black girls and Black women is the spinal cord, the heart, the rib cage of my work.
    — Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes (meninges) that cover the brain and spinal cord.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Some patients had damage to other organs, including the eyes, lungs, brain and spinal cord.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2022

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