Sentence examples for neck rib from inspiring English sources

For her, the story is better illustrated than told, inked in the tattoos that cover her arms, neck, rib cage and especially her back, which bears a rendering of her family tree and its intricate roots.

Symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) can occur in individuals who are born with an extra rib originating from the seventh cervical vertebra (C7, or vertebra prominens); that so-called cervical (or neck) rib can compress the nerves or the vessels running over the first thoracic rib.

Still, he says, "there's no question that [the neck rib] represents some interesting natural history".

The auto safety project concentrates on Graham's eight crucial body zones, including the brain, skull, face, neck, rib cage, skin, knees, and legs/feet.

A neck rib could be a sign that the mother suffered harsh conditions, like disease or famine, while pregnant, or it could be a sign of genetic trouble due to inbreeding.

Curious as to how widespread the neck rib abnormality might have been among North Sea mammoth populations, researchers led by paleontologist Jelle Reumer of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam in the Netherlands combed local museum collections looking for rib facets on mammoth neck bones that had been dredged from the North Sea.

Mr. Gintel, who lives in the neighborhood, suffered injuries to the legs, spleen, neck, ribs and head.

Cobra, any of various species of highly venomous snakes, most of which expand the neck ribs to form a hood.

The fish also had a flat skull resembling a crocodile's, a neck, ribs and other parts that were similar to four-legged land animals known as tetrapods.

Farish Jenkins, a paleontologist who discovered fossils of animals evolving into something new — most notably a 375-million-year-old fossilized fish with skull, neck, ribs and part of the fins that resembled the earliest mammals — died on Nov. 11 in Boston.

"I'm just not convinced" that the neck ribs are a smoking gun, he says.