Sentence examples for may compress the from inspiring English sources

Swelling of the underside of the frontal lobe may compress the first cranial nerve and result in the loss of smell.

Benign tumours, usually schwannomas on the vestibulocochlear nerve, may compress the cerebellum and lead to dysfunction on one side, but malignant astrocytomas and metastases from cancers are more common.

As it grows, the tumour may compress the optic nerve and other nearby structures, causing loss of vision, headaches, vomiting, behavioral changes, endocrine disorders, and sometimes loss of the sense of smell.

Tumours of the skull base may compress the lowest cranial nerves or the medulla oblongata and upper cervical spinal cord, with the consequences described above in the reference to the Arnold-Chiari malformation.

The frost heave results in an upward force acting on the foundation, while additional stress induced by the structure load may compress the underlying soils.

In case of bleeding from the internal thoracic artery, a hematoma occurs in the anterior mediastinum, and it may compress the right ventricle [64].

The bubbles may compress against the endothelial wall, obstructing and stripping the endothelial cells (Nossum et al. 1999).

Volar ganglia are often located on the radial aspect of the wrist, and they may compress and displace the radial artery and the superficial sensory branch of the radial artery [11].

Fractures of the odontoid, the bony peg that forms a joint between the upper two vertebrae of the neck, may compress and severely damage the spinal cord; the odontoid process may also separate with the same consequences in rheumatoid arthritis.

The ligament may compress and distort the celiac artery and result in difficult cannulation, or stenosis and occlusion of the vessel.

A large pituitary mass may compress any of the cranial nerves within the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus however this tends to be late in the course of tumour growth [ 3].