Spine

Spine(s), The Spine, or Spinal may refer to:

Science

Biology

• SPINE (molecular biology), an acronym for Strep-Protein INteraction Experiment, a method for the detection of protein interactions
• Spine (zoology), needle-like structures in animals
• Dendritic spine, the specialized postsynaptic protrusion in dendrites implicated in learning and memory through synaptic plasticity
• Ilium: anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS), anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS), posterior inferior iliac spine, and posterior superior iliac spine
• Ischial spine
• Mental spine, mandible
  • Nasal bone:
    • Anterior nasal spine
    • Posterior nasal spine
  • Spine of scapula
  • Spine of sphenoid bone (spina angularis) and ethmoidal spine
• Thorns, spines, and prickles, needle-like structures in plants
• Vertebral column, commonly known as the spine (also backbone), so named for its spinous processes
  • Spinal canal or spinal cavity, a tube shaped space enclosed in and protected by the bony vertebral column
  • Spinal cord, the bundle of nerve cells and nerve fibers within the vertebral column subject to spinal cord injury
  • Spinal nerves, which are distal to the dorsal and ventral spinal nerve roots

Healthcare

• Lumbar puncture, a colloquial term for a medical procedure of the vertebral column, referred to as a spinal tap
• Spinal adjustment, a specific vertebral column procedure used by a chiropractor
• Spinal anaesthesia, a type of regional anaesthetic for the vertebral column
• The Spine (including PDS & PSIS), a set of national services within NHS Connecting for Health, U.K.

Mathematics and computer science

• SPINE (software), an open source Web content management system
• Lebesgue spine, in mathematics

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Spinal (Killer Instinct), a fictional character from the video game Killer Instinct
• Spine, a demon in Blood Beast (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, portrayed by David Michael Bennett

Music

• Spinal Tap (band), a semi-fictional heavy metal band
• The Spine (album), a 2004 They Might Be Giants album, including the songs "Spine" and "Spines"

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 in arts, entertainment, and media

• The Spine (film), a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth
• The Spine, a novel by Ladislav Bublík

Other uses

• Spine, in archery, a measure of stiffness of an arrow shaft
• Spine, in bookbinding, the closed edge of the book along which the pages are bound
• Spine Race, an ultramarathon along the Pennine Way
• Spine with marrow (hieroglyph), an Egyptian language biliteral sign