| LUMBAR | _ _ _ _ _ _ puncture, process of inserting a needle into the lower part of the spinal cord (6) |
| LUMBARPUNCTURE | Process of inserting needle into lower part of spinal cord (6,8) |
| STITCH | Pain you get when you jab a needle into? (6) |
| GOUNDER | Fold and fit into the lower part |
| COCCYX | The small triangular bone located at the base of the spinal column. (6) |
| SPACER | Word for an astronaut; a bar-shaped key for inserting a blank; an item for separating beads, tiles or type; or, informally, a person who zones out (6) |
| EPENDYMA | Thin membrane of glial cells lining the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord (8) |
| 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 |
| HERALD | Large group inserting a line for news announcer (6) |
| MYELON | The spinal cord (6) |
| NEURAL | Of the spinal cord |
| MYELITIS | Inflammation of the spinal cord or of the bone marrow |
| MEDULLA | Continuation of the spinal cord within the skull (7) |
| OBLONGATA | Medulla _: lower part of the brair that tapers into the spinal cord (9) |
| MEDULLAOBLONGATA | That part of the brain that tapers off into the spinal cord (7,9) |
| LAMINECTOMY | Surgical removal of a portion of a vertebra, usually to gain access to the spinal cord (11) |
| LUMBARNERVE | Any of the nerves that arise in pairs from the spinal cord (6,5) |
| BRAIN | Studied in neuroscience, organ forming part of the central nervous system with the spinal cord (5) |
| BUNDLEOFNERVES | The spinal cord, perhaps, of an extremely anxious person (6,2,6) |
