Sentence examples for into the annulus from inspiring English sources

He gingerly cut into the annulus and, using a curette, scooped out pieces of the disk, which looked like the yellowish gristle at the end of a drumstick.

Cement is then forced into the annulus between the casing and the borehole wall to prevent fluid movement between formations.

Admiral Allen said it was expected that a decision would then be made to pump cement into the annulus to create a final seal.

BP said that tests showed there was no cement, oil or gas in the annulus at the interception point, so there was no need to first pump heavy drilling mud into the annulus through the relief well, a procedure known as a bottom kill.

BP and government scientists thought that some cement had gone up into the annulus, sealing it off from the reservoir as well, but they were worried that about 1,000 barrels, or roughly 40,000 gallons, of oil might still be trapped in the annulus.

It is not clear how much oil there is in the annulus, or how it might or might not be able to get from the annulus into the production casing.From what BP is saying it seems likely that its surface cementing will put a solid plug into the production casing, but quite possibly not into the annulus, which means there might be a way for the wolf to wiggle out.

A three-dimensional model is used to simulate the aerodynamics in the 12-vane-cascade swirl generator that imparts the desired degree of angular momentum to the air in the annulus leading into the reactor.

Based on observations and on hydrodynamic measurements of the core annulus flow structure in low- and high-temperature risers, the model assumes that particles in the annulus congregate into strands with different voidages.

Restriction type by disc; bulging = broad-based bulging of the disc beyond the vertebral disc margin with intact annulus fibrosus (usually < 3 mm) and hernia = focal protrusion of the disc through a defect in the annulus fibrosus into the spinal canal, foraminal or lateral space (usually > 3 mm).

These data provide new insight into the biology of cells in the annulus of the intervertebral disc.

"There are lots of nerve fibres in the annulus," the doctor said.