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n. (context anatomy English) The five vertebrae below the skull that protect the spinal cord.
Usage examples of "cervical spine".
Seeing her friend's discomfort, Anna eased it off, careful not to change the alignment of Frieda's cervical spine.
She had been decapitated low on the cervical spine, arms and legs severed.
The lamplight from the next chamber illuminated the Skirite's blade as he drove it like a cleaver, slicing through the gristle of her cervical spine.
The broadhead had pierced his throat and punched through his cervical spine.
They used surgical titanium plates to reattach Molly's cervical spine to the orangutan's thoracic spine.
As we tried, his head flopped forward, and I could see quite clearly the bruises and deep, half-healed scabs at the base of his skull, where they had cored his cervical spine for the computer connection.
I was lifted lightly from the ground, and I felt an intolerable pressure forcing my head back and back until the strain upon the cervical spine was more than I could bear.