How to Use spinal column in a Sentence

spinal column

noun
  • Both neck shots had hit solidly but had missed the spinal column.
    — Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Fragments hit her rib and liver, and severed much of her spinal column.
    — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Three of them so close to his brain, his spinal column, his major arteries and his heart.
    — Joe Robertson, kansascity, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The cluster is currently below her brain stem near her spinal column.
    — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 5 Apr. 2020
  • The opening leaks spinal fluid, and the base of the brain can sink into the spinal column and be harmed by pressure.
    — Denise Grady, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The entire spinal column is lined on either side with very strong erector muscles that support the core.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 1 Mar. 2019
  • The dog appeared to be malnourished, as its rib cage and spinal column were visible.
    — cleveland, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Wright followed all of the rules hoping to play for years to come, yet couldn’t control the narrowing of his spinal column.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The only tethers holding his head to his body were his neck muscles and spinal column, which came under enormous stress.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Doctors also told her a fragment of the shell was lodged in her spinal column, paralyzing her lower limbs.
    — TIME.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • These mistaken marks might lead to spina bifida, a disease in which the spinal column fails to form completely.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Avoid cuts to the spinal column, which is where chronic wasting disease has been found to have the most infectivity.
    — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2021
  • These tools alleviate the impact transferred to the joints and spinal column when walking and standing on hard floors.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Sudanese men were trained in beef plants to use a heavy power saw to halve carcasses and then remove the spinal column with a manual hook.
    — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • In 2003, he was diagnosed with benign tumors in his spinal column.
    — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2019
  • The rest are known as invertebrates — animals that lack vertebrae or a spinal column.
    — Jason Bittel, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2019
  • In rare situations, CSF can leak in either the spinal column or the skull.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Then, a thin needle or piece of wire is inserted into the spinal column to prevent any further muscle movement.
    — Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The stimulation starts in the brain, travels down the spinal column, and out the peripheral nerves to the muscles.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2024
  • Meas, who was wearing a helmet, damaged his spine at the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae, which are near the top of the spinal column.
    — Laura Ungar, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2017
  • He was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia in his brain and spinal column and hospitalized over the summer.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Cathy Hutchinson has been trapped in her frozen body for 14 years, after a stroke disconnected her brain from her spinal column.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2012
  • If the eggs travel to your brain or spinal column, seizures, paralysis, and spinal-cord inflammation are possible.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 5 Aug. 2020
  • However, medically, the injury is not related to the spinal column, and the spinal cord or nerves are not in danger.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Multifidus The multifidus is a muscle that extends the length of the spinal column and helps to stabilizes joints in the spine.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2018
  • When done correctly, the noose killed by severing the spinal column, causing near instantaneous death.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The secret, Mathew believes, is to separate the brain and the spinal column in one piece that will be introduced into a new body.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Spinal stenosis is when a major nerve structure, a nerve root or the spinal cord itself, is compressed by hard structures around the spinal column, such as the bones and ligaments.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2021

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