How to Use spinal cord in a Sentence

spinal cord

noun

• The spinal cord is one body part not to be messed with.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
• In the new study, the embryos’ brains and spinal cords did have some cells from humans.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• Other startups have focused on the brain or the eye or the spinal cord.
  — Ashlee Vance, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
• Per Mayo Clinic, the rare form of cancer starts in the nerves that run from the spinal cord into the body.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
• The parasite can infect the brain, spinal cord and eyes and lead to eye disease and swelling of the brain.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
• The driver fled, leaving him bleeding on the street, his spinal cord crushed.
  — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
• In rare cases, the infection can spread outside the lungs to places like the skin, bones, brain and spinal cord.
  — Katherine Dillinger, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
• He was shot four times — in the shoulder, liver, stomach and spinal cord.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
• An injury that includes damage to any part of the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal (cauda equina).
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
• His spinal cord was severed and he was paralyzed from the waist down.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2022
• The other lady has a tethered spinal cord, which means Link has to call Amelia to join him for surgery.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• The dog had a spinal cord injury, leaving him unable to use his back legs — or wag his tail.
  — Cathy Free, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
• But the virus can infect the brain or spinal cord and cause paralysis and sometimes death.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
• The brain controls all aspects of thought and action, while the spinal cord transmits messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
• The disease can cause paralysis because the virus can infect the spinal cord.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• Reggie Brown suffered a spinal cord injury in the final game of the 1997 season.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2023
• The Rams have three options at quarterback, but none is Matthew Stafford, who is out with a bruised spinal cord.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 8 Dec. 2022
• Lee, whose spinal cord was injured in the attack, is paralyzed from the neck down and can no longer speak.
  — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2022
• The scan at 20 weeks confirmed the fetus's spinal cord hadn't closed so spinal fluid was leaking.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• Twelve nerve pairs are connected to the brain, while the remaining 31 are connected to the spinal cord.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
• Glioblastoma is a type of cancer that occurs in the brain and spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — CBS News, 5 Aug. 2022
• Two long thin electrodes wind out of the device and carry current into the spinal cord.
  — Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2022
• My wheelchair is custom-made for me and my spinal cord injury.
  — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2021
• Meningitis is a disease that causes swelling of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
  — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
• Briscoe looked instead at the early development of the spinal cord.
  — Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• Raymond had to find a way to best support her spinal cord, which meant using a wheelchair.
  — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• The bullets struck Blancornelas in his right lung, liver and spinal cord.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022
• The larger particles stayed behind, just at the border between the spinal cord and the beginning of the peripheral nerves.
  — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 4 Sep. 2024
• Though his character gets very close to getting drafted into the NBA, a spinal cord injury changes the entire course of his athletic career.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024