spinal

脊髄の

背骨の中を通る長い神経の束である脊髄に関係する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： spinal cord, spinal nerves, spinal reflex

脊椎の

背中の中央に並ぶ骨である背骨に関係する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： vertebral

よく使う表現： spinal injury, spinal column, spinal surgery

脊髄化した

脳が破壊され、脊髄は無傷だが脳とのつながりを断たれた実験動物をいう。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： spinal frog, spinal animal, spinal preparation

脊髄くも膜下麻酔

手術中の下半身の痛みを防ぐため、脊髄の周りの液体に薬を注射する麻酔。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： spinal anaesthesia, spinal block

よく使う表現： have a spinal, give a spinal, under a spinal