Mr. Tools has been on a mechanical ventilator to help him breathe, and yesterday doctors cut a hole in his neck to insert the ventilator tube directly into his windpipe to make him more comfortable.
Two incisions were made in the front of Lara's neck to insert two screws to stabilize his spine; other procedures addressed his lung and ribs; and a break in his left forearm, along with nerve damage, led to a plate and a half-dozen screws being inserted there.
In the developed method, a glass tube with a narrow neck is inserted inside the centrifuge tube.
On Thursday, a technician shaved fur from a spot on his neck, then inserted a delicate needle and plastic tube in his jugular vein as he lay calmly on an examination table.
The story kicks in when Melanie is captured and another alien, who for some reason is called a Seeker (Diane Kruger), slices open Melanie's neck and inserts a Soul, a luminous white blob with tentacles that look like sperm.
One such a procedure--known as cricothyrotomy--which involves making an incision into a specific area of patient's neck and inserting a plastic tube through a thin membrane into the trachea requires accuracy and speed, and can be lifesaving if performed correctly, but deadly if not completed in a timely or improper fashion.
The levator scapulae origins from the upper cervical vertebraes, extend along the back of the neck and inserts at the medial angle of scapulae [ 23].
Then, we secured the mouse by the scruff of its neck, gently inserted a curved feeding needle (Fine Science Tools, Foster City, CA) directly into its stomach (or the bottom of its esophagus), and injected a weight-specific volume of the test solution in <1 s.
Instead of performing surgery to biopsy a swollen lymph node in the neck, doctors often insert a thin needle to remove tissue for later examination under a microscope.
The weight of the head is borne by the direct neck muscles, which insert onto a thickened ridge of cuticle surrounding the foramen magnum.
