Collocations for spine - noun

fractured
cervical, lumbar

bend, curve
straighten
break, damage
slide down, slide up (both figurative)
An icy chill slid up my spine.

form (figurative)
These speeches form the spine of his election campaign.

stiffen (figurative)
Their protests stiffened the spines of party activists.

grow (AmE,figurative)
The legislature must grow a spine and demand this.

in the/your spine
the nerves in the spine

the base of the spine
the length of sb's spine
curvature of the spine
send shivers down sb's spine

sharp
Hedgehogs are covered with sharp spines.

fine
poisonous, venomous

bear, have