Spine

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Spine or Spinal may refer to:

[edit] Science and medicine

• backbone, Vertebral column in anatomy (protects the spinal cord)
  • Spinal anaesthesia, a type of regional anaesthetic
  • Lumbar puncture, a colloquial term for which is a spinal tap
  • Spine (Journal), a bi-weekly peer review journal of spine surgery
• Spinal cord, the bundle of nerve cells and nerve fibers within the vertebral column
• Spine (botany), needle-like structures in plants
• Spine (mathematics), a codimension one structure associated to a compact manifold obtained by collapsing said manifold with one point removed
• Spine (zoology), needle-like structures in animals
• Dendritic spine, a specialized postsynaptic protrusion in dendrites implicated in learning and memory through synaptic plasticity
• SPINE (molecular biology), an acronym for Strep-Protein INteraction Experiment, a method for the detection of protein protein interactions

[edit] Other uses

• The Spine, a set of national services used by the NHS Care Record Service (an electronic patient record system)
• Courage, "having a spine" (see for example the word spineless)
• Spine (archery), a measure of stiffness
• The Spine, a 2004 They Might Be Giants album, including the songs "Spine" and "Spines"
• Spinal Tap (band), a semi-fictional heavy metal band
• The Spines , a real live band from Wellington, New Zealand. Led by singer/songwriter Jon Mc Leary.
• Spinal (Killer Instinct), a fictional character from the video game Killer Instinct
• Spine a demon in Blood Beast of the Demonata saga