Spine

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Spine or Spinal may refer to:

[edit] Science and medicine

• Spine (botany), needle-like structure
• Vertebral column, spine in anatomy, the backbone
• Spinal cord, the bundle of nerve cells and nerve fibers within the vertebral column
  • 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
• Dendritic spine, cellular neuroanatomy

[edit] Other uses

• National Programme for IT#The Spine (including PDS & PSIS), a set of national services used by the NHS Care Record Service
• Courage, "having a spine"
• Spine (bookbinding),
• 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
• Spinal (Killer Instinct), a fictional character from the video game Killer Instinct
• Spine (Skeleton Krew), a character in the computer game Skeleton Krew