Word: dorsal
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...pain signal from the stubbing of the toe travels as an electrochemical impulse along the length of the nerve to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, a region that runs the length of the spine and receives signals from all over the body. In a tall person, the distance from toe to dorsal horn may be more than one meter, and it can take about two seconds for the message to arrive. From there, it is relayed in a bewildering flurry of chemical messages to the brain, first to the thalamus, where sensations like heat, cold, pain and touch...
...internecine foreign policy disputes that have characterized his tenure seemingly flushed away by the Administration's victory on the sale of AWACS planes to Saudi Arabia, the Secretary of State once again felt the chill of sharks in the White House out to get him. Though only their dorsal fins were visible, it was generally assumed that lurking beneath the surface of rumor and innuendo was Haig's natural adversary, National Security Adviser Richard Allen. The two have had their differences in the past, but a new and uncommonly vicious outbreak of backbiting last week showed just...