| spinal block |
A method of pain relief that can be given to a woman during childbirth by injection into the spinal fluid. The effect only lasts 1? hours, and therefore the medication can only be given at the time of birth, and not in advance.
Ãâó: www.spinalnet.co.uk/EEndCom/GBCON/homepage.nsf/0/C...
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| spinal column |
Also called the spine or backbone. It is the bony structure that runs from the base of the skull down the centre of the back. It is made of rings of bone (called vertebrae) that sit on top of each other. It encases and protects the spinal cord.
Ãâó: www.spinalnet.co.uk/EEndCom/GBCON/homepage.nsf/0/C...
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| spinal nerve |
Nerves that branch from the spinal cord in pairs, emerging at various levels along its length. They carry information from all over the body to the spinal cord and relay commands from the brain and spinal cord back to the body.
Ãâó: www.spinalnet.co.uk/EEndCom/GBCON/homepage.nsf/0/C...
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| spin |
a quantum mechanical version of the familiar notion of the same name; particles have an intrinsic amount of spin that is either a whole number or half a whole number (in multiples of Planck's constant), and which never changes.
Ãâó: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/glossary.html
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| spinal muscular atrophy |
A hereditary neurological disease in which only the lower motor nerve cells are affected.
Ãâó: www.clevelandclinic.org/neuroscience/treat/nerve/a...
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