| BRAINSTEM | Body part connecting the cerebrum to the spinal cord |
| LAMINECTOMY | Surgical removal of a portion of a vertebra, usually to gain access to the spinal cord (11) |
| MYELOID | Pertaining to the spinal cord |
| NEURAL | Pertaining to the spinal cord |
| PAWL | Machine part connecting to a gearwheel |
| NECK | Part connecting head and torso (4) |
| DORSAL | Relating to the spinal part of the body (6) |
| LOBE | One of the divisions of the cerebrum in the encephalon (4) |
| OBLONGATA | Lowermost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord and containing control centres for the heart and lungs (7,9) |
| MEDULLA | And 29 Lowermost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord and containing control centres for the heart and lungs (7,9) |
| MEDULLAOBLONGATA | The part of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord (7,9) |
| EPENDYMA | Thin epithelial membrane that lines the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord (8) |
| NERVOUSSYSTEM | Apparatus in the body which includes the brain and the spinal cord (7,6) |
| TELENCEPHALON | Most highly developed and anterior section of the forebrain, comprising the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus (13) |
| LABYRINTHINE | Like the cerebrum, initially large in the brainy, amazingly |
| ALS | Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord. |
| SPINABIFIDA | A congenital condition in which the meninges of the spinal cord protrude through a gap in the backbone |
| BRAIN | Studied in neuroscience, organ forming part of the central nervous system with the spinal cord (5) |
| LUMBAR | _ _ _ _ _ _ puncture, process of inserting a needle into the lower part of the spinal cord (6) |
| CORTEX | Part of the cerebrum |
