Spine or spinal may refer to:

Science

Biology

Vertebral column The vertebral column, also known as the backbone or spine, is part of the axial skeleton. The vertebral column is the defining characteristic of a vertebrate in which the notochord (a flexible rod of uniform composition) found in all chordata, ...

, also known as the backbone *

Dendritic spine A dendritic spine (or spine) is a small membranous protrusion from a neuron's dendrite that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse. Dendritic spines serve as a storage site for synaptic strength and help transmit electrical si ...

, a small membranous protrusion from a neuron's dendrite *

Thorns, spines, and prickles In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called ''spinose teeth'' or ''spinose apical processes''), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems or buds with sharp, st ...

, needle-like structures in plants * Spine (zoology), needle-like structures in animals * SPINE (molecular biology) (strep–protein interaction experiment), a method for the detection of protein interactions

Medicine

Spinal anaesthesia Spinal anaesthesia (or spinal anesthesia), also called spinal block, subarachnoid block, intradural block and intrathecal block, is a form of neuraxial regional anaesthesia involving the injection of a local anaesthetic or opioid into the subarac ...

or "a spinal", an injection generally through a fine needle, usually long * The Spine, a set of national services within the UK

NHS Connecting for Health The NHS Connecting for Health (CFH) agency was part of the UK Department of Health and was formed on 1 April 2005, having replaced the former NHS Information Authority. It was part of the Department of Health Informatics Directorate, with the role ...

Arts, entertainment and media

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The Spine (album) ''The Spine'' is the tenth full-length studio album by They Might Be Giants. The album was released on July 5, 2004 in the United Kingdom, UK, and July 13 in the United States, US. The album was released alongside a companion Extended play, EP, '' ...

'', a 2004 ''They Might Be Giants'' album, including the songs "Spine" and "Spines" * ''Spine'' (1986 film), American film * ''The Spine'' (film), a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth * ''The Spine'', a novel by

Ladislav Bublík Ladislav Bublík ( Bzenec 14 May 1924 - Ostrava 12 April 1988) was a Czechoslovak writer. He is best known for his novel ''Páteř'' (The Spine, 1963).East Europe - Volume 13 - Page 4 1964 "Works such as Ladislav Mnacko's Belated Reportages, Peter ...

Fictional entities

* Spinal (''Killer Instinct''), a fictional character from the video game ''Killer Instinct'' * Spine, a demon in ''

Blood Beast ''Blood Beast'' is the fifth book in Darren Shan's ''The Demonata'' series and was released 4 June 2007. It is narrated by Grubbs Grady, the narrator of ''Lord Loss'' and ''Slawter''. The plot is part of a two-part story, which continues in book ...

'' (2007) book of the Demonata saga * The Spine, the fictional mountain chain which follows the west coast in '' The Inheritance Cycle'' * The Spine, a singing automaton in the band

Steam Powered Giraffe Steam Powered Giraffe is an American musical project formed in San Diego in 2008, self-described as "a musical act that combines robot pantomime, puppetry, ballet, comedy, projections, and music". Created and led by twins David Michael Bennett an ...

, portrayed by David Michael Bennett

Periodicals

* ''Spine'' (journal), a bi-weekly peer-reviewed journal of spine surgery, published by Lippincott * '' The Spine Journal'', bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal, published by Elsevier

Other uses

Spine (bookbinding) Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book of codex format from an ordered stack of ''signatures'', sheets of paper folded together into sections that are bound, along one edge, with a thick needle and strong thread. Cheaper, b ...

, the closed edge of a book along which the pages are bound * Spine, a measure of stiffness of an arrow shaft in archery *

SPINE (software) SPINE is a free, open source content management system for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. The system includes features like easy Web-based administration, full template support to separate style from content, common com ...

, a web content management system