(1) Total length, nape-rump length and tail length were recorded for each embryo and hatchling.
(2) Cooling the nape of the neck is said to induce reflex constriction of the mucosal vessels of the nose, but there is no general agreement in the literature on the benefit of an ice pack as an adjuvant treatment of epistaxis.
(3) Down's syndrome diagnosis is presently evaluated by some more specific ultrasonographic signs such as fetal nape or femur length measurements and by new biological parameters such as hCG assay.
(4) A pinch to the nape of the neck of mice, by application of a noxious clip, produces analgesia and immobility.
(5) Thus, low analgesic doses of local anesthetics injected into the nape of the neck prevented noxious clip from inducing analgesia but immobility was still evident.
(6) There are typical arsenic melanisms on the forehad-temple-rim where the hair begins to grow, on the nape of the neck, on the shoulders, chest, arms, and on the back of the hands which pass into precanceroses and carcinomas.
(7) The following electrode arrays were evaluated (1) vertex-neck, (2) forehead-ear canal (Enhancer I), and (3) vertex-nape.
(8) A case is reported of a man with a deep nape stabwound completely severing the medulla of the spine.
(9) A heat-stable factor (HSF) purified from the spleen of a patient with Gaucher's disease significantly increased the sensitivity of the rat liver beta-glucosidase to all of the NAPE derivatives.
(10) Passing subcutaneously, the catheters then emerged at the nape of the neck and were sealed by heating.
(11) The binding of chlorophenoxyisobutyric (CPIB), tibric (TA) and nicotinic (NA) acids and CPIB ethyl ester (Clofibrate), TA and NA isopropyl esters (TAPE and NAPE) to human lipoproteins of low density of different classes (LDL2, LDL1 and VLDL) and high density (HDL) were studied by equilibrium dialysis and Sephadex gel filtration.
(12) Intraoperative unilateral occipital artery ligation, with extensive undermining to the nape of the neck on only one side, can minimize the risk of postoperative scalp necrosis or telogen effluvium.
(13) On CT scan a round low dense lesion with clear margin was found in the nape.
(14) However, the vertex-neck and vertex-nape combinations are best for estimating auditory sensitivity because they gave the largest wave V amplitudes and 10-dB lower electrophysiologic thresholds.
(15) An exaggerated unilateral foot-nape posture is held responsible for a complete obstacle to parturition.
(16) The second patient suffered avulsion of the entire scalp as well as the forehead skin and nape of the neck.
(17) Since his second year, the papulonodular lesions have gradually merged into large confluent plaques, particularly on the face, nape, and axillae.
(18) A morphologic abnormality was seen of the nape which could not be interpreted.
(19) The toxoid was injected subcutaneously at the nape of the neck at dose levels of 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 ml in Groups II, III, and IV, respectively.
(20) This study tested the generalizations that cutaneous pressure will elicit immobility, that there is a relationship between the intensity of cutaneous pressure and the duration of immobility, and that the localization or body surfaces, particularly the upper dorsal area or the nape of the neck, is more susceptible to immobility.
Nuchal
Definition:
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.
Example Sentences:
(1) These indicators included temperature elevation, inability to be consoled, level of alertness, nuchal rigidity, bulging fontanel, decreased appetite, rash, referral, and febrile seizures.
(2) Successful photosensitization was achieved only when the nuchal skin was stripped with scotch tape before application of musk ambrette and ultraviolet radiation.
(3) Nine of the 12 fetuses had either bilateral cystic hygroma of the neck (7 cases) or nuchal bleb (2 cases: trisomy 13 and dup 6q).
(4) Electroocular and nuchal muscle activities were associated with 96.2 and 66.0% of the voids, respectively, but there was no significant association between fetal voiding and swallowing episodes.
(5) Brief periods of a rapid-eye-movement (REM) state characterized by phasic lateral rectus and diaphragmatic activity and absence of nuchal activity were recognized.
(6) Acne keloidalis is characterized by infected keloid-like nodules in the short-cut nuchal region probably caused by recurving, ingrowing hairshafts.
(7) Twelve days later, when nuchal rigidity was fairly improved, the episodes of chest pain ended.
(8) Similar to previous cases in the literature this girl presented with proportionate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, normocephaly, triangular face with bulbous nose, long eyelashes, short upper lip, small vermilion border of upper lip, dorsally rotated ears, deep nuchal hair line, hirsutism, and clinodactyly of little fingers.
(9) We present a case of spontaneous resolution of a nuchal cystic hygroma in a fetus with a normal karyotype.
(10) These studies confirm the presence of neutral endopeptidase (NEP) in the nuchal ligament of the fetal calf.
(11) Neither insulin nor glucose infusions altered the EMG activities of the nuchal and forelimb muscles.
(12) This article describes a case in which PG F-2-alpha was injected into the nuchal cysts of a fetus with cystic hygroma, edema anasarca, and oligohydramnios.
(13) Clinical symptoms were stereotyped and unique, showing severe akinesia, no rigidity in the limbs, no tremor but retropulsions, upward gaze palsy, dysarthria, dysphagia and later, nuchal stiffness.
(14) ruminants, equids, carnivores and proboscidates) the thickness of elastic fibres of the nuchal ligament is a specific character, i.e.
(15) Anomalies more frequently detected before 20 weeks include cystic hygromas, nuchal thickening, and hyperechogenic bowel.
(16) The most frequent symptoms were the fever (97.8%), vomitus (75%) and headache (52.2%) The more common exploratory findings were petechiae (76.8%) and nuchal rigidity (53.6%).
(17) A 4-week-old female was hospitalized because of vomiting, irritability, and nuchal rigidity.
(18) Fetal nuchal thickening in the second trimester is suggested as an ultrasonographic sign strongly suggesting the presence of Down syndrome.
(19) To examine the significance of fetal nuchal translucency at 10-14 weeks' gestation in the prediction of abnormal fetal karyotype.
(20) The authors describe a case of ante partum fetal death due to a true funicular knot combined with relative shortness of the cord as a results of a double nuchal coil.