Definition that contains spinal cord
- back the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- brain that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- spine the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- bulb lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
- spinal of or relating to the spine or spinal cord
- spinal anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord
- nucleus any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
- backbone the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- meningitis infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
- polio an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord