The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

The spinal cord is responsible for sending messages between your brain and muscles ... Understanding the basic anatomy of the five lumbar bones that make up your low back can help you get the ...

The thoracic spine serves many functions. It protects the spinal cord, the bundle of nerves that extend from your brain to the body. It provides an attachment point for your ribs and helps with ...

Borgens, professor of developmental anatomy at Purdue University ... is controlled at a specific location on the spinal cord, and is less dependent on nerve impulses traveling to and from the brain," ...

During the post-mortem, his brain and part of his spinal cord were removed and sent ... A BBC Radio 4 documentary - Shadow of War: A Tainted Anatomy - looks at why this happened and at the work ...

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This text highlights the value of a multidisciplinary approach to the complexity of thoracic spine pain. Contributions from anatomy, pathology, chiropractic, osteopathy, and physiotherapy are ...

This allows individuals with spinal cord injuries not only to control a bionic arm with their brain, but also to feel ... Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, USA ...