spinal cord
medulla spinalis

But the thing was already dead, its spinal cord cut.

She also got mouth cancer and problems in her spinal cord.

Apparently, the top of his spinal cord got in the way.

Is the pain coming from the brain or the spinal cord?

It is made up of the brain and the spinal cord.

It is just in front (or on top) of the spinal cord.

He was shot through the spinal cord, dying two days later.

"There was no damage to his spinal cord of any sort."

They are relatively long and reach almost to the surface of the spinal cord.

They are given as a shot around major nerves or the spinal cord.