spinal

medular, espinal

Relacionado con el largo conjunto de nervios situado dentro de la columna vertebral.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with the long bundle of nerves inside the bones of your back.

• The spinal cord carries nerve signals.
• The doctor tested her spinal reflexes.
• Damage to spinal nerves can cause weakness in the legs.

Expresiones frecuentes: spinal cord, spinal nerves, spinal reflex

vertebral, espinal

Relacionado con la serie de huesos que recorre el centro de la espalda.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with the row of bones down the middle of your back.

• She suffered a spinal injury.
• The scan revealed a spinal fracture.
• Spinal surgery helped straighten his back.

Sinónimos: vertebral

Expresiones frecuentes: spinal injury, spinal column, spinal surgery

espinal

Describe un animal experimental con el cerebro destruido y la médula espinal intacta, pero desconectada del cerebro.

En inglés sencillo: Describing an experimental animal whose brain has been destroyed and whose back nerve cord remains intact but disconnected.

• The experiment used a spinal frog.
• Spinal animals can still show certain reflexes.
• The researchers compared responses in spinal preparations.

Expresiones frecuentes: spinal frog, spinal animal, spinal preparation

anestesia raquídea

Inyección en el líquido alrededor de la médula espinal que evita el dolor del cuerpo inferior durante una operación.

En inglés sencillo: An injection into fluid around the back nerve cord that prevents pain in the lower body during an operation.

• She had a spinal before surgery.
• The anaesthetist gave him a spinal.
• The operation was performed under a spinal.

Sinónimos: spinal anaesthesia, spinal block

Expresiones frecuentes: have a spinal, give a spinal, under a spinal