The spinal cord itself does not extend that far down the column, therefore the needle may be inserted without fear of damaging spinal tissue.

Intramedullary lesions are located within the spinal tissue and usually belong to the so-called spinal astrocytomas or ependymomas.

But in 2002 the Agriculture Department surveyed 34 processing plants and found that 35 percent of the meat that had gone through the machines contained spinal tissue.

The SBOs included brain and spinal tissues, along with spleen, tonsils and thymus.

Mad cow disease, the frequently used name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, infects cattle brain and spinal tissue.

Gadopentetate dimeglumine is used to help diagnose certain disorders of the heart, brain, blood vessels, and spinal tissues.

He noted that Feinstein et al. were the first to clearly describe some symptoms associated with noxious irritation of spinal tissues.

Even more remarkably, the material creates an environment that may accelerate healing of damaged brain and spinal tissue.

Or, say ultrasound shows the fetus's spinal tissue is collected in a pouch outside the body, a condition called spina bifida.

Mad cow disease is believed to be spread through contaminated brain and spinal tissue.