Spine
Spine or Spinal may refer to:
Science
Biology
Medicine
- Lumbar puncture, a colloquial term for a medical procedure, which is referred to as a spinal tap
- Spinal anaesthesia, a type of regional anaesthetic
- Spinal adjustment, a specific procedure used by a chiropractor
- Spinal canal or spinal cavity, a tube shaped space enclosed in and protected by the bony vertebral column
- Spinal cord, the bundle of nerve cells and nerve fibers within the vertebral column subject to spinal cord injury
- Spinal nerves which are distal to the dorsal and ventral spinal nerve roots
- Globus Medical a medical device company focused on musculoskeletal implants that promote healing in patients with spine disorders
- Spine (journal), a bi-weekly peer-reviewed journal of spine surgery, published by Lippincott
- The Spine Journal, bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal, published by Elsevier
Bookbinding
Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from an ordered stack of paper sheets that are folded together into sections or sometimes left as a stack of individual sheets. The stack is then bound together along one edge by either sewing with thread through the folds or by a layer of flexible adhesive. For protection, the bound stack is either wrapped in a flexible cover or attached to stiff boards. Finally, an attractive cover is adhered to the boards and a label with identifying information is attached to the covers along with additional decoration. Book artists or specialists in book decoration can greatly expand the previous explanation to include book like objects of visual art with high value and artistic merit of exceptional quality in addition to the book's content of text and illustrations.
Bookbinding is a specialized trade that relies on basic operations of measuring, cutting, and gluing. A finished book depends on a minimum of about two dozen operations to complete but sometimes more than double that according to the specific style and materials. All operations have a specific order and each one relies on accurate completion of the previous step with little room for back tracking. An extremely durable binding can be achieved by using the best hand techniques and finest materials when compared to a common publisher's binding that falls apart after normal use.
Spine (zoology)
In a zoological context, a spine is a hard, needle-like anatomical structure. Spines are found in a wide range of animals both vertebrate and invertebrate.
In most spiny mammals, the spines are modified hairs, with a spongy center covered in a thick, hard layer of keratin, and a sharp, sometimes barbed, tip.
Occurrence
Mammals
Spines in mammals include the prickles of hedgehogs and the quills of porcupines as well as the prickly fur of spiny mice and Tenrec. They are also found on Echidna, a monotreme.
The ancient precursor to mammals, Dimetrodon, had extremely long spines on their backbone that were joined together with a web of skin to form a sail-like structure.
Many mammalian species also have penile spines.
The Mesozoic eutriconodont mammal Spinolestes already displayed spines similar to those of modern spiny mice.
Fish
Spines are found in the rays of certain finned bony fishes including scorpion fish. The sting that is found in a stingray is a type of barbed spine.
Invertebrates
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by Elend
Le Devoreur
by: ElendIl n'y a de citadelle imprenable que dans les livres des tacticiens
Et les murs de pierre sont aussi fragiles
Que les tresses de ta chevelure.
Lorsqu'ils surgirent innombrables, poussés par le Dévoreur
Et déjà pleins du sang qu'ils allaient verser
Tu n'as pas versé une larme
Et les murs n'ont résonné que du cri de leurs lames.
Le mot gravé dans la pierre
Qui fend
Le vent capturé
Porte vers les forêts à venir
L'histoire de ces murs,
Afin que même les arbres pleurent et se lamentent.
Ainsi, lorsque la brume du sommeil se fait écume
La pénombre qui t'emporte
Ne pourra t'empêcher de resplendir et de faire connaître
Ton nom.
Morte.
Mort.
J'étais mort et mort j'entrais ans le temple.
Le serpent, maître du soleil, gisait immobile
[English translation:]
There are no unconquerable citadels but in tacticians' books
And the stone walls are as fragile as the braids of your hair.
When they emerged innumerable, urged forward by the devourer and filled with blood to be shed, you did not she'd a tear
And the walls resounded only of the screams of their blades.
The word engraved in the stone
That disperses the captured wind
Carries toward forests to come
The history of these walls,
So that even the trees cry and grieve.
Thus, when the fog of sleep is made spray,
The half-light which carries you away
Will not prevent you from glowing and making your name known.
Dead.
I was dead, and dead I entered the temple.