(1) A study published in Nature Communications found that fathers with a diet deficient in folate (found in greens such as spinach, sprouts and broccoli) were more likely to have offspring with abnormalities of the head, face and sternum (breastbone) and a buildup of fluid on the brain.
(2) Trace elements (Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Se, Zn) were measured in nine organs (liver, kidney, breast muscle, lungs, breastbone, stomach, gizzard, spleen, feathers) of several specimens of Greater Flamingos (Phaenicopterus ruber (Pallas] and Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta (L.] from the Camargue, in the Rhône river delta.
(3) Each word,” he later confessed, “was chipped from the breastbone.” On publication, Tarka the Otter was a resounding success.
(4) In both species we found the highest levels in liver and kidney, with the exception of lead, the highest levels of which were found in breastbone and feathers.
(5) An image of two penguins with heads bent together to create a loveheart silhouette was developed, as I turned the pages, into the template for a printed dress with a line of symmetry running down the breastbone.
(6) A young internist held a Siamese cat as Thiele felt for its breastbone and ribs, and conjured up the anatomy he'd learned in a college dissection class.
Collarbone
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(1) "It's miraculous we survived," said passenger Vedpal Singh, who had a fractured collarbone and whose arm was in a sling.
(2) Although Ryan Mathews broke two collarbones this season, some still felt that he was mismanaged when healthy and Turner also made a comment about his vision which was unflattering in the way most coaches don't.
(3) And he won't be taking to the slopes this week, as he's got a broken collarbone.
(4) We measured the arterial pulse wave velocity at the arm, between sub-collarbone artery and radial artery.
(5) Yet when I look in the mirror at my towpath-pounding legs, my prominent collarbones, swelling biceps and flat, gravel-hardened feet, I am looking at my father's body.
(6) The story that united these sisters begins one day in spring 2009, when Tamsin, then 40, noticed a strange thickening under the skin of her chest, just below her collarbone.
(7) Rodgers was playing in his first game after missing seven games with a broken collarbone (sustained against the Bears) and Cobb was returning after being out 10 games with a broken leg, but the pair connected on a fourth-and-eight from the 48-yard line in the showdown game.
(8) When the Packers’ starting quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, went down with a fractured collarbone, the balance of power in the NFC North was immediately transformed.
(9) One Ukrainian serviceman has been wounded in the neck and collarbone.
(10) The fracture of the right collarbone has been confirmed clinically,” Gerardo Aguilar said .
(11) The calamitous clash of bikes involving Mark Cavendish , during the first stage's final sprint through Harrogate, stunned the sun-bathed crowd and left the rider clutching his collarbone.
(12) Aaron Rodgers will start at quarterback for Green Bay for the first time since fracturing his collarbone against Chicago in week nine.
(13) Javier Hernández underwent a successful operation this morning … he had two plates inserted in his right collarbone fixed with six screws,” the Mexico team doctor Gerardo Aguiar said.
(14) Despite her jacket’s bright hues, the outfit was respectful and modest, with nary a collarbone in sight – seemingly appropriate attire in which to pay respects to the deceased monarch of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah.
(15) The Mexico striker Javier Hernández had surgery on a fractured collarbone on Thursday and will be out for four weeks missing the Gold Cup, the Mexican Football Federation has said.
(16) Her older brother had jumped on her as a child, broken her ribcage and her collarbone, and her mother hadn’t even taken her to hospital, so it had healed like that.” He met another person, a former healthcare worker who uses a wheelchair, “now in very poor health and clearly incapable of work; the welfare reforms had clearly been affecting her”.
(17) Eight weeks after going down with a fractured collarbone, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was back to wreak vengeance on Chicago, the team who had caused his injury in the first place.
(18) The Manchester United striker Javier Hernández has suffered a broken collarbone while on international duty with Mexico.
(19) We call that the thumper,” Martin winks before guiding a resident who is threading a needle into the flesh near the patient’s collarbone.