Relating to both the skull and the spine, particularly in reference to the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system.
From cranio- + spinal (from Latin spina, spine). Anatomical term describing the integrated system of brain and spinal cord.
The craniospinal axis is where some of medicine's most sophisticated treatments happen—doctors can now deliver chemotherapy directly along this pathway to fight childhood brain cancers.
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