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Spine or spinal may refer to:


Science


Biology

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Spinal column The spinal column, also known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone, is the core part of the axial skeleton in vertebrates. The vertebral column is the defining and eponymous characteristic of the vertebrate. The spinal column is a segmen ...
, also known as the backbone *
Dendritic spine A dendritic spine (or spine) is a small membrane protrusion from a neuron's dendrite that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse. Dendritic spines serve as a storage site for synaptic strength and help transmit electrical sign ...
, a small membranous protrusion from a neuron's dendrite *
Thorns, spines, and prickles In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called ''spinose teeth'' or ''spinose apical processes''), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaf, leaves, roots, plant stem, stems, or pl ...
, needle-like structures in plants *
Spine (zoology) In a zoological context, spines are hard, needle-like anatomical structures found in both vertebrate and invertebrate species. The spines of most spiny mammals are modified hairs, with a spongy center covered in a thick, hard layer of keratin and ...
, needle-like structures in animals *
SPINE (molecular biology) SPINE stands for strep–protein interaction experiment. SPINE is a powerful tool to detect protein–protein interactions in vivo. The bait protein has to be expressed with a Strep-tag under the conditions when the potential interaction partners ar ...
(strep–protein interaction experiment), a method for the detection of protein interactions


Medicine

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Spinal anaesthesia Spinal anaesthesia (or spinal anesthesia), also called spinal block, subarachnoid block, intradural block and intrathecal block, is a form of neuraxial regional anaesthesia involving the injection of a local anaesthetic with or without an opi ...
or "a spinal", an injection generally through a fine needle, usually long * The Spine, a set of national service within the UK
NHS Connecting for Health The NHS Connecting for Health (CFH) agency was part of the UK Department of Health (United Kingdom), Department of Health and was formed on 1 April 2005, having replaced the former NHS Information Authority. It was part of the Department of Healt ...


Arts, entertainment and media

* ''The Spine'' (album), a 2004 They Might Be Giants album, including the songs "Spine" and "Spines" * ''Spine'' (film), American film * ''The Spine'' (film), a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth * ''Spine'' (video game), an upcoming video game * ''The Spine'', a novel by Ladislav Bublík


Fictional entities

* Spinal (''Killer Instinct''), a fictional character from the video game ''Killer Instinct'' * Spine, a demon in ''
Blood Beast ''Blood Beast'' is the fifth book in Darren Shan's ''The Demonata'' series and was released 4 June 2007. It is narrated by Grubbs Grady, the narrator of ''Lord Loss'' and '' Slawter''. The plot is part of a two-part story, which continues in bo ...
'' (2007) book of the Demonata saga * The Spine, the fictional mountain chain which follows the west coast in ''
The Inheritance Cycle ''The Inheritance Cycle'' is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia (), the novels focus on the adventures of a teenage boy named Eragon and ...
'' * The Spine, a singing automaton in the band
Steam Powered Giraffe Steam Powered Giraffe is an American musical project formed in San Diego, California in 2008, self-described as "a musical act that combines robot pantomime, puppetry, ballet, comedy, projections, and music". Created and led by twins David Micha ...
, portrayed by David Michael Bennett


Periodicals

* ''Spine'' (journal), a bi-weekly peer-reviewed journal of spine surgery, publish by Lippincott * ''
The Spine Journal ''The Spine Journal'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research related to the spine. It is the official journal of the North American Spine Society. The journal was established in 2001 and is published by Elsevier. According to the ...
'', bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal, published by Elsevier


Other uses

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Spine (bookbinding) Bookbinding is the process of building a book, usually in codex format, from an ordered stack of paper sheets with one's hands and tools, or in modern publishing, by a series of automated processes. Firstly, one binds the sheets of papers alon ...
, the closed edge of a book along which the pages are bound * Spine, a measure of stiffness of an arrow shaft in archery


See also

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Anterior inferior iliac spine The anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) is a bony eminence on the anterior border of the hip bone, or, more precisely, the wing of the ilium. Structure The AIIS is a bony eminence on the anterior border of the ilium. It is below the anterior ...
(AIIS), anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS), posterior inferior iliac spine, and posterior superior iliac spine *
Ischial spine The ischial spine is part of the posterior border of the body of the ischium bone of the pelvis. It is a thin and pointed triangular eminence, more or less elongated in different subjects. Structure The pudendal nerve travels close to the ischia ...
, part of the posterior border of the body of the ischium bone of the pelvis *
Mental spine A mental spine is a small projection of bone on the posterior aspect of the mandible in the midline. There are usually four mental spines: two superior and two inferior. Collectively they are also known as the ''genial tubercle'',"Genial tubercle. ...
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Anterior nasal spine The anterior nasal spine, or anterior nasal spine of maxilla, is a bony projection in the skull that serves as a cephalometric landmark. The anterior nasal spine is the projection formed by the fusion of the two maxillary bones at the intermaxill ...
, a bony projection in the skull *
Posterior nasal spine The posterior nasal spine is part of the horizontal plate of the palatine bone of the skull. It is found at the medial end of its posterior border. It is paired with the corresponding palatine bone to form a solid spine. It is the attachment of t ...
, for the attachment of the musculus uvulae *
Spine of scapula The spine of the scapula or scapular spine is a prominent plate of bone, which crosses obliquely the medial four-fifths of the scapula at its upper part, and separates the supra- from the infraspinatous fossa. Structure It begins at the vertica ...
, a prominent plate of bone *
Spine of sphenoid bone The sphenoidal spine (Latin: "''spina angularis''") is a downwardly directed process at the apex of the great wings of the sphenoid bone that serves as the origin of the sphenomandibular ligament. Additional images File:Spine of sphenoid bone. ...
(spina angulari) and ethmoidal spine {{disambiguation