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Spine or spinal may refer to:
Science[edit]
Biology[edit]
- Spine (vertebral column), also known as the backbone
- Dendritic spine, a small membranous protrusion from a neuron's dendrite
- Thorns, spines, and prickles, needle-like structures in plants
- Spine (zoology), needle-like structures in animals
- Spinal anaesthesia
- SPINE (molecular biology), an acronym for strep–protein interaction experiment, a method for the detection of protein interactions
Other anatomical terms which include "spine" are:
- 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:
- Spine of scapula
- Spine of sphenoid bone (spina angularis) and ethmoidal spine
Healthcare[edit]
- The Spine (including PDS & PSIS), a set of national services within NHS Connecting for Health, U.K.
Arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
Fictional entities[edit]
- 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[edit]
- The Spine (album), a 2004 They Might Be Giants album, including the songs "Spine" and "Spines"
Periodicals[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Spine (1986 film), American film
- The Spine (film), a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth
- The Spine, a novel by Ladislav Bublík
Other uses[edit]
- Spine (bookbinding), the closed edge of the book along which the pages are bound
- Spine, in archery, a measure of stiffness of an arrow shaft
- SPINE (software), an open source Web content management system