Spine

Spine or spinal may refer to:

Science

Biology

• 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:
  • Anterior nasal spine
  • Posterior nasal spine
• Spine of scapula
• Spine of sphenoid bone (spina angularis) and ethmoidal spine

Healthcare

• The Spine (including PDS & PSIS), a set of national services within NHS Connecting for Health, U.K.

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

• 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

• Spine (1986 film), American film
• The Spine (film), a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth
• The Spine, a novel by Ladislav Bublík

Other uses

• 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