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medula espinal
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medul·la espinal

A major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region.

medula espinal
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Examples for "spinal cord"
Examples for "spinal cord"
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Patients and methods: Twenty-eight patients received a permanent cervical spinal cord stimulator.
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Background: Self-efficacy is an important determinant of adjustment following spinal cord injury.
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All along, she'd been working her way down to the spinal cord.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
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Particularly relevant is its regeneration potential, intimately linked to the spinal cord.
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He had a narrow escape; the knife just grazed the spinal cord.
The Captain of the Kansas
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The medulla oblongata passes straight into the medulla spinalis (spinal cord).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2