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'''Spine''' or '''spinal''' may refer to:
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==Science==
===Biology===
* [[Spinal 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
* [[SPINE (molecular biology)]] (strep–protein interaction experiment), a method for the detection of protein interactions

===Medicine===
* [[Spinal anaesthesia]] or "a spinal", an injection generally through a fine needle, usually long
* The Spine, a set of national service within the UK [[NHS Connecting for Health#The Spine (including PDS & PSIS)|NHS Connecting for Health]]

==Arts, entertainment and media==
* [[The Spine (album)|''The Spine'' (album)]], a 2004 They Might Be Giants album, including the songs "Spine" and "Spines"
* [[Spine (film)|''Spine'' (film)]], American film
* [[The Spine (film)|''The Spine'' (film)]], a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth
* [[Spine (video game)|''Spine'' (video game)]], an upcoming video game
* ''The Spine'', a novel by [[Ladislav Bublík]]

===Fictional entities===
* [[Spinal (Killer Instinct)|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

===Periodicals===
* [[Spine (journal)|''Spine'' (journal)]], a bi-weekly peer-reviewed journal of spine surgery, publish by Lippincott
* ''[[The Spine Journal]]'', bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal, published by Elsevier

==Other uses==
* [[Spine (bookbinding)]], the closed edge of a book along which the pages are bound
* Spine, a measure of stiffness of an [[arrow#Shaft|arrow shaft]] in archery

==See also==
* [[Anterior inferior iliac spine]] (AIIS), anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS), posterior inferior iliac spine, and posterior superior iliac spine
* [[Ischial spine]], part of the posterior border of the body of the ischium bone of the pelvis
* [[Mental spine]], on the mandible
* [[Anterior nasal spine]], a bony projection in the skull
* [[Posterior nasal spine]], for the attachment of the musculus uvulae
* [[Spine of scapula]], a prominent plate of bone
* [[Spine of sphenoid bone]] (spina angulari) and ethmoidal spine

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