Cord Sentence Examples
He held out a black cord with a red gem.
Cynthia looped the coils of the telephone cord around her finger.
She lifted her hand and the IV cord hung limply.
The silk cord was fastened to the brass gas lamp that centered the ceiling of the room, the other end tightly knotted about her soft white neck.
Then, with her back still turned toward him, she unfastened the drape cord and began tying the knot.
Now that we've severed that umbilical cord, why don't I show you around the woods a little?
Gabe took the necklace, looking at the two emeralds on the black leather-like cord. He'd missed his necklace after eons wearing it. He'd missed his mother and baby brother. He squeezed them in his hand in the only hug he could give his dead family.
Her attention focused on a dangling cord.
The other supervisory lamp on the cord circuit is controlled in a similar manner by the subscriber who originated the call, and as that subscriber's telephone is off the hook when the peg is inserted, the lamp is not lighted at all until the subscriber replaces the receiver.
Who would have thought he would actually clip the umbilical cord?
AdvertisementBy similar methods nature, unassisted, betrays herself but too often; in many instances - probably originating primarily in the nervous tissues themselves - the course of disease is observed to follow certain paths with remarkable consistency, as for instance in diseases of particular tracts of the spinal cord.
The suitcase contained three sets of underwear and socks, all neatly folded and strapped in place with an elastic cord.
She pushed his crystal into the bottom of the container then strung Ashley's crystal onto the cord.
In all Chaetopods this system consists of cerebral ganglia connected by a circumoesophageal commissure with a ventral ganglionated cord.
The principal trunks consist of a dorsal vessel lying above the gut, and a ventral vessel below the gut but above the nervous cord.
AdvertisementWe got the cord blood easily about 100 ml.
The Newborn size has a cutaway for the cord.
The mortality and morbidity associated with umbilical cord prolapse.
Eat and digest his or her own food since the circulatory relationship between mother and baby stops with the severance of the umbilical cord.
Long-term treatment of spinal cord injuries usually involves drug therapy, the use of neural prostheses, and rehabilitation.
AdvertisementThe position of the reversing link is altered by means of a cord, passing over two pulleys, fixed respectively in the engine-house and on the derrick.
They are consecutively filled with nitroglycerin, and are lowered to the bottom of the well, one after the other, by a cord wound upon a reel, until the required number have been inserted.
The nervous system, composed of a ring and a ventral cord, retains its primitive connexion with the ectoderm.
The harsher measures which about that time began to be adopted towards his co-religionists in France are usually assigned as the motive of this step. He now devoted himself during six years to the production of lenses of enormous focal distance, which, mounted on high poles, and connected with the eye-piece by means of a cord, formed what were called "aerial telescopes."
The activity of the spinal cord is similarly depressed.
AdvertisementThe one fact which the Lamarckians can produce in their favour is the account of experiments by Brown-Sequard, in which he produced epilepsy in guinea-pigs by section of the large nerves or spinal cord, and in the course of which he was led to believe that in a few rare instances the artificially produced epilepsy and mutilation of the nerves was transmitted.
The tore (torques), or cord of gold worn round the neck, was introduced from Gaul.
If a healthy spinal cord be hung up in spirit for a matter of six months or more, a glassy substance develops within it quite like true amyloid.
In future, in order to stop a fire, houses could be pulled down in case of need with an alderman's hook and cord.
The features by which the treesnakes are distinguished are still more developed in the whip-snakes (Dryophis), whose excessively slender body has been compared to the cord of a whip. Although arboreal, like the former, they are nocturnal in their habits, having a horizontal instead of a round pupil of the eye.
The nervous system consists of a ganglion or brain, which lies dorsally about the level of the junction of the pharynx and the stomach, a nerve ring and a segmented neutral cord.
All potassium salts if taken in large doses are cardiac depressants, they also depress the nervous system, especially the brain and spinal cord.
The word is particularly used of the cord of a bow, and of the stretched cords of gut and wire upon a musical instrument, the vibration of which.
The cyclonic inflows and anticyclonic outflows, so characteristic of the belt of westerly winds the world over, are very irregular in the Cord illeran region; but farther eastward they are typically developed by reason of the great extent of open country.
The round ligament is a cord of unstriped muscle which runs from the lateral angle of its own side of the uterus forward to the internal abdominal ring, and so through the inguinal canal to the upper part of the labium majus.
A little above the globus major a few scattered tubules are found in children in front of the cord; these form the rudimentary structure known as the organ of Giraldes or paradidymis.
But the influence of the alkaloid upon the spinal cord is very marked and characteristic. The reflex functions of the cord are entirely abolished, and it has been experimentally shown that this is due to a direct influence upon the cells in the anterior cornua.
Near the termination of a fatal case there is a paralysis of the sensory columns of the cord, so that general sensibility is lowered.
The alkaloid calabarine is, on the other hand, a stimulant of the motor and reflex functions of the cord, so that only the pure alkaloid physostigmine and not any preparation of Calabar bean itself should be used when it is desired to obtain this action.
Apart from the large class of brocaded cloths made in Jacquard looms there are innumerable simpler kinds, including stripes and checks of various descriptions, such as Swiss, Cord, Satin, Doriah stripes, &c. Mercerized cloths are of many kinds, as the mercerizing process can be applied to almost anything.
It excites the motor areas of the spinal cord and increases their reflex irritability.
Scarcely less important are its manufactures of ribbons, damask, cord, pianos and paper.
Ventilation is afforded at the ends, usually by tilting laths, operated by a cord.
There appears also to be a specific action of lowering the reflex excitability of the spinal cord.
There are no distinct ganglia, but ganglion cells are uniformly distributed along the ventral side of the cord.
Such discharges descend the nerve fibres of the spinal cord, and through the intermediation of various spinal nerve cells excite the respiratory muscles through their motor nerves.
Thus the tonus of the motor neurons of the spinal cord is much lessened by rupture of the great afferent root cells which normally play upon them.
Every efferent channel, after entrance in the central nervous system, subdivides; of its subdivisions some pass to efferent channels soon, others pass further and further within the cord and brain before they finally reach channels of outlet.
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In small therapeutic and in small toxic doses atropine stimulates the motor apparatus of the spinal cord, just as it stimulates the centres in the medulla oblongata.
In large toxic and in lethal doses the activity of the spinal cord is lowered.
The people also use the various fibre-producing plants for the manufacture of ropes, coarse string and fine cord, and for making fishing nets.
In other places the name of the child's god was declared when the umbilical cord was severed.
This consists of a loose coat and trousers of silk, wool or other material; the trousers are fastened by a cord round the waist.
This is a cord, woven by women of the priestly class, composed of seventy-two threads, representing the seventy-two chapters of the Yasna, a portion of the Zend-Avesta, in the sacredness of which the young.
The priest ties the cord around the waist as he pronounces the benediction upon the child, throwing upon his head at each sentence slices of fruit, seeds, perfumes and spices.
The young couple are seated in two chairs opposite each other, their right hands tied together by a silken cord, which is gradually wound around them as the ceremony progresses, the bride in the meantime being concealed with a veil of silk or muslin.
The substance of the brain, spinal cord and nervetrunks is normal, but the membranes are engorged.
A cord has one end made fast a to and wrapped round the barrel AE; it passes from A under the sheave FG, and has the other end wrapped round and made fast to the barrel BD.
If the cord be fixed to the framework at the point B, instead of being wound on a barrel, the velocity of W is half that of AF.
Friction of Cords and Belts.A flexible band, such as a cord, rope, belt or strap, may be used either to exert an effort or a resistance upon a pulley round which it wraps.
The distinctive badge of a member of the three upper castes was the sacred triple cord or thread (sutra) - made of cotton, hemp or wool, according to the respective caste - with which he was invested at the upanayana ceremony, or initiation into the use of the sacred savitri, or prayer to the sun (also called gayatri), constituting his second birth.
This cord is neither elastic nor solid, but consists of nerve tissue, fibres and ganglion cells, surrounding a small central canal.
They are held up by a thin cord of red or green silk or cotton round the waist, and the laboring classes, when engaged in heavy or dirty work, or when running, generally tuck the end of these garments under the cord, which leaves their legs bare and free to the middle of the thigh.
Ordinarily, however, it is due to some peripheral irritation which is conducted by sensory nerves to the spinal cord and thence up to the sensory centre in the brain.
Pain may be stopped by removing the cause of irritation, as, for example, by the extraction of a carious tooth or by rendering the nerveendings insensitive to irritation, as by the application of cocaine; by preventing its transmission along the spinal cord by antipyrin, phenacetin, acetanilide, cocaine, &c.; or by dulling the perceptive centre in the brain by means of opium or its alkaloids, by anaesthetics, and probably also, to a certain extent, by antipyrin and its congeners.
Intercostal neuralgia is pain affecting the nerves which emerge from the spinal cord and run along the spaces between the ribs to the front of the body.
It depresses the nervous system, especially the spinal cord.
If, for example, the brain and spinal cord removed from an animal be bruised and brought into contact with tetanus toxin, a certain amount of the toxicity disappears, as shown by injecting the mixture into another animal.
How the Saracens, when they took him prisoner, he being half dead with a complication of diseases, kindly left him "un mien couverture d'ecarlate" which his mother had given him, and which he put over him, having made a hole therein and bound it round him with a cord; how when he came to Acre in a pitiable condition an old servant of his house presented himself, and "brought me clean white hoods and combed my hair most comfortably"; how he bought a hundred tuns of wine and served it - the best first, according to high authority - well-watered to his private soldiers, somewhat less watered to the squires, and to the knights neat, but with a suggestive phial of the weaker liquid to mix "si comme ils vouloient" - these are the details in which he seems to take greatest pleasure, and for readers six hundred years after date perhaps they are not the least interesting details.
The chief difference between the action of opium and morphine is due to the presence in the former of thebaine, which readily affects the more irritable spinal cord of very young children.
In infants especially opium acts markedly upon the spinal cord, and, just as strychnine is dangerous when given to young children, so opium, because of the strychnine-like alkaloid it contains, should never be administered, under any circumstances or in any dose, to children under one year of age.
At present we say of such a substance as thebaine, " it acts on the anterior cornua of grey matter in the spinal cord," but why on them and not elsewhere we do not know.
In man the occipital foramen, through which passes the spinal cord, is placed just behind the centre of the base of the skull, which is thus evenly balanced in the erect posture, whereas the gorilla, which goes habitually on all fours, and whose skull is inclined forward, in accordance with this posture has the foramen farther back.
The Christian Abyssinians, men and women, wear a blue silk cord round the neck, to which is often attached a crucifix.
In some of the lower vertebrates quinine reduces the activity of the spinal cord, but in the human species it appears to stimulate the nervous mechanism of the uterus under certain conditions, and it is therefore included under the class of oxytocic or ecbolic drugs.
Furthermore, he indicated that the brain and spinal cord may be divided into separate parts, each part having a special function - one part ministering to motion, the other to sensation, and that the origin of the -nerves from one or other or both of those sources endows them with the peculiar property of the division whence they spring.
The manufactures of the department include woollen caps and sashes, cord slippers, chocolate, and paper, and there are also tanneries, sawand flour-mills.
These are distinguished by circular huts with domed or conical roofs; clothing of skin or leather; occasional chipping or extraction of lower incisors; spears as the principal weapons, bows, where found, with a sinew cord, shields of hide or leather; religion, ancestor-worship with belief in the power of the magicians as rain-makers.
This cord sometimes becomes much elongated after fertilization.
The part by which the ovule is attached to the placenta or cord is its base or hilum, the opposite extremity being its apex.
In China otters are taught to catch fish, being let into the water for the purpose attached to a long cord.
His methods were doubtless known also to the French physiologist Magendie, who improved upon them, and who in 1809 published a research on the Upas Tieute and other strychnine-containing plants, in which he showed that their effects were due to an action on the spinal cord.
The action of a drug may be called direct when it acts on any part to which it is immediately applied, or which it may reach through the blood; and indirect when one organ is affected secondarily to another, as, for instance, in strychnine poisoning when the muscles are violently contracted as the result of the action of the alkaloid upon the spinal cord.
When we come to consider more in detail the results of these actions we find that the various secretions of the body, such as the sweat, gastric juice, bile, milk, urine, &c., may be increased or diminished; that the heart may have its muscular or nervous apparatus stimulated or depressed; that the nerve-centres in the brain, medulla and spinal cord may be rendered more sensitive or the reverse; and that the general metabolism of the body may be altered in various ways.
Thus curare may stop strychnine convulsions by paralysing the terminations of motor nerves, and chloroform may exercise the same effect by abolishing the irritability of the spinal cord.
After absorption their action, speaking generally, is exerted on the brain and spinal cord, and is at first slightly stimulant and afterwards depressing, even to the causing of sleepiness and stupor.
These bodies stimulate the grey matter in the spinal cord and cause tetanic convulsions.
They both stimulate the grey nerve-cells in the brain and cord, this being the foundation of their dietetic value and their use as nervine stimulants.
Physostigmine, the active principle of the Calabar bean, acts chiefly as a stimulant to voluntary and involuntary muscles, and at the same time exercises a depressing effect upon the spinal cord.
They all depress the conducting power and the grey matter of the spinal cord, and to a much less extent that of the brain.
Tonics are drugs which increase the muscular tone of the body by acting either on the stomach, heart, spinal cord, &c.
I have unfastened the silken cord from the drapes and knotted it to the gas fixture above.
So she—" Gladys read from her notes, "...stepped up on the velvet chair, tightens the silken cord about her neck, and closed her eyes...."
You strangled her and pulled her body up on the cord to fake her hanging herself.
Racing to the dairy, she jerked out a drawer and removed the book, some disposable gloves, a pair of scissors, some cord and a bottle of iodine.
He was bound to the porcelain fixture with a nylon cord around his ankles and one around his arms, which were tied behind him.
The beat cop pointed to the rear room where they found Ralph hanging from a ceiling water pipe by a thin nylon cord, slowly turning until the twist of the line tightened and reversed his direction.
Every campaign, he gave it to her for safekeeping, in case the weapon of an enemy severed the leather cord and it was lost.
It is one of 10 internationally accredited cord blood banks to date.
They are hoping livers grown from cord blood stem cells could be used to transfuse and cleanse the infected blood.
As siblings we have an unbreakable bond - an invisible cord thru which we know and love each other.
Compression can also occur if the cord is between the baby's head and the mother's pelvic bone before or during delivery.
Cerebrospinal fluid This is the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
Then grab some U-shaped fence staples and attach the bungee cord to the top of your silent fighter.
Ends of sleeves are turned to the interior to form a casing through which a string cord is threaded.
It can usefully be applied to cases of suspected spinal cord compression which often results from spinal tumors or from slipped disks.
It's a flying disk with the addition of an elasticated cord attached to the center.
Bob then took over to film the writer charging the holes with detonating cord.
Knit 6 rows WY, 1 row of ravel cord or crochet thread, then start using your main yarn.
Cells isolated from the umbilical cord of the newborn injected into rats repaired brain injuries by becoming brain cells [7] .
You turn the machine off and inspect the nylon cord underneath.
Manual exposure is provided for D - SLR's using a Sea and Sea Nikonos type sync cord.
Cord grass The small cordgrass, Spartina maritima, is the only species of cordgrass native to Great Britain.
Many cases, such as slipped disks, are best treated by surgical techniques involving spinal cord decompression.
High altitude pulmonary edema triggered by vocal cord stenosis.
Complete with rust resistant eyelets and rot-proof woven cord fastenings to ensure a weatherproof fit.
The evening bag has a long silk cord shoulder strap, it's lined in black fabric and fastens with a press fastens with a press fastener.
A Gorton woman named THOMAS was found dead on the stairs with a piece of window cord tightly fastened round her neck.
At first glance two pieces of wood strung together by a length of cord, may not look too fearsome a weapon.
The spinal cord has 31 pairs of spinal nerves attached which innervate the body and leave the vertebral canal via the intervertebral foramen.
Slide the cord grommet out of engagement with the cord anchor block.
The Euro Sling Retainer has breathable gussets, full zip closure and a cord to secure it whilst being used as a temporary sack.
She had been bound with two pieces of cord and a dirty gray handkerchief was stuffed in her mouth.
The inquest jury returned a verdict of " Injury to the brain and spinal cord consequent upon judicial hanging " .
Jacket features front zip and rain flap with poppers, cord adjustable hood, and two front pockets.
The dorsal horns are where sensory neurons enter the spinal cord.
Several conditions can cause ileus such as peritonitis, septicaemia or recent cord compression.
Click the image for a large version Neurons in those segments then convey the impulses outward beyond the cord.
Weaker intracortical inhibition makes it easier for messages from the brain to pass down the spinal cord to the rest of the body.
Whilst on holiday in Spain Henry sustained a spinal cord injury in a diving accident.
Plug a tape recorder into the headphone jack of the computer with a double plug cord.
Three weights of very high twist, high quality cord perfect for warping, knotting, macrame and anything requiring a strong thread.
The sturdy shock cord compression lacing allows you to reduce the pack volume so it still carries the load tightly for shorter trips.
A small upper thoracic laminectomy is carried out and the anterolateral quadrant of the spinal cord is sectioned with specially designed blades.
The major clinical use of cord blood has been for hematological malignancy, mainly in children.
This quality cord head model has a cotton mane finish.
The ladies ' skirt protectors on the back mudguard have been restrung with cord from the fishing tackle shop.
Sensory nerve cells carry information about muscle tension and body position to motor nerve cells in the spinal cord to control muscle contraction.
The second method is to increase the arc of the shorter oar to achieve the same cord length illustrated by the red line.
Horner's syndrome, unilateral facial weakness and vocal cord paresis have been reported.
Paraplegia from injecting phenol into the arteries that supply the spinal cord (prevented by checking the needle position with radio-opaque dye ).
He unfolded it and disclosed a golden pince-nez, with two broken ends of black silk cord dangling from the end of it.
Finished off with a protective coat of handmade beeswax polish and presented on a [non-leather] cord thong approx.
There are different colored pom-poms attached to each end of the cord.
Cord blood progenitor cells These are usually cryopreserved for lengthy periods.
The National Birthday Trust Fund study of planned home births in the UK reported on the incidence of cord prolapse.
Plug the male end of the cord into the female power receptacle on the back of MacCharlie.
The spinal cord also contains parts of the circuits involved in spinal reflexes.
Special features automatic cord rewind means you can roll the cord into the cleaner at the press of a button.
This marker can be used to differentiate sensory neurons from adjacent spinal cord or sympathetic neurons.
Neurological sequelae have been reported where secondary deposits impinge upon the spinal cord or CNS.
The new Spot Pro incorporates a vacuum float shut-off and integral cord wrap.
The backbone or spinal column protects the spinal column protects the spinal cord.
Spine The spine supports the skeleton, and surrounds and protects the delicate spinal cord and nerves.
In the spine, the affected vertebrae have a defect at the back and the boney ring does not completely surround the spinal cord.
The ventral horns are where motor neurons leave the spinal cord.
The third most common kind of defect affects the spinal cord, such as spina bifida.
The concern that has been expressed regarding carcass splitting relates to the possible transfer of material from the damaged spinal cord onto the carcass.
Definition of total spinal Total spinal is a local anesthetic depression of the cervical spinal cord and the brainstem.
Firstly, by reports that bovine spinal cord was being incompletely removed from some carcasses.
It is not possible to use cultured cells, since these do not have the complex organization of the intact spinal cord.
Helps maintain the normal development of the baby's spinal cord.
To secure more than one insert, use a saddle stapler or tie them in with elasticated cord or ribbon.
Spinal cord ischaemia, caused by reduction of arterial flow or venous stasis, may contribute to the development of clinical features.
In the presence of neurological symptoms, an MRI scan is useful to rule out spinal cord compression or spinal canal stenosis.
Hood in dove gray unlined, edged with Spectrum blue taffeta with a thin gold cord sewn to the leading edge of the hood.
Approx 3 " long - presented on a cord thong approx.
He cut the cord and we cuddled her, only later realizing that the midwife was applying cord traction.
Plug in the power cord, insert the safety key and run the treadmill for a few minutes.
A SHERIFF has condemned social workers who removed a newborn baby from her mother only minutes after the child's umbilical cord was cut.
It is still a long way from having cut completely the old umbilical cord.
It is also possible to break the vertebrae in the neck without causing any injury to the spinal cord.
Motor neuron disease is another degenerative disorder that affects the brain and spinal cord and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles.
He was most impressed; his first comment was, " She's got a funny willy, " (her cord ).
Moreover the clearing-out drop of the cord circuit was replaced by an arrangement which included the provision of one signal to be controlled through the agency of a relay by the calling subscriber, and another to be controlled by the person wanted.
The atlas is composed of three pieces; a pair of lateral ele ptz pt.z W " ments (the right and left dorsal arch pieces) joining above the spinal cord, and a ventral piece equivalent to the first basiventral elements, i.e.
The disk is dispensed with, and the percussion cap is exploded by the impact of a leaden weight running on a cord.
In the words of Dean Milman, "the superior, once a man bowed to the earth with humility, care-worn, pale, emaciated, with a coarse habit bound with a cord, with naked feet, had become an abbot on his curvetting palfrey, in rich attire, with his silver cross before him, travelling to take his place amid the lordliest of the realm."
Here, on a broad shelf, were several card-board boxes of various sizes, each tied with cotton cord.
The sync cord is removable for convenient storage and for replacement in the field if it becomes damaged.
Cord can be retracted to make toy dance or to hide toy in cup.
Special features Automatic cord rewind means you can roll the cord into the cleaner at the press of a button.
But I have to say that the cord is annoying after so long with the freedom to roam wherever I wanted on my desk.
To increase the severity of the punishment the cord strands of the cat were twined with wire.
A key was hung by a silken cord to that carved handle upon the top.
I washed, and dressed in cord trousers, a long sleeved t-shirt and a silk shirt.
In males, this is the location of the spermatic cord.
In most cases, dissecting behind the sac will expose the spermatic cord structures at the lowest point of dissection.
The backbone or spinal column protects the spinal cord.
Spinal Injury is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling.
The influence of social support on the lived experiences of spinal cord injured athletes, XI European Congress of Sport Psychology.
As a result muscles which are commanded by the nerve cells in these areas of the spinal cord become affected.
According to the diagnosis she had suffered from viral attack on the Spinal cord at the level of D4 to D7.
Helps maintain the normal development of the baby 's spinal cord.
It aims to reduce the sensitivity of the nerve endings in the spinal cord in order to close the pain ' gates '.
The removal of spinal cord from the carcass was only one of many of the statutory requirements that they had to monitor.
Brain and spinal cord from cattle incubating BSE ought not to have entered human food after the SBO ban in 1989.
Before she has a chance to escape she is strangled with telephone cord, an identical crescent moon pendant left in her hand.
Substance P Nerves from nociceptors use this peptide to activate relay neurons in the spinal cord.
A tasseled cord is plain on their depictions of people.
The Gled is Death, coming with sudden start, As thief in night; and swiftly cuts the cord.
I think Mademoiselle Lucy will now confess that the cord and gallows are amply earned; she trembles in anticipation of her doom.
Selecting a cord blood bank is not a trivial task.
A SHERIFF has condemned social workers who removed a newborn baby from her mother only minutes after the child 's umbilical cord was cut.
He dons a leather neck cord, it has been decorated with alternating colored beads and vampire fangs.
In cancer, however, vertebral collapse can compress the spinal cord.
An adjustable elasticated waistband with a flat draw cord, again for added comfort.
He was most impressed; his first comment was, " She 's got a funny willy, " (her cord).
Once your baby's head is out, the doctor will suction out his mouth and nose and search for the umbilical cord.
When the umbilical cord is cut, a small length of the cord will be clamped and left behind.
Before it drops off, the cord will be tucked under the waist band of the diaper, and parents must ensure it is kept particularly clean to prevent infection.
The cord needs to be kept clean and dry, and when at home parents also need to maintain the cleansing routine until the stump is dry and entirely healed.
Be sure you fold the diaper underneath a newborn's umbilical cord.
You can also choose a design with the switch on the base of the table lamp or on its cord.
You want to make sure that the electrical cord of a used toaster is not cut or frayed, as can happen over time with many electrical appliances.
The cord attaches to the hard drive or keyboard, and it of course limits the distance you can move the mouse, and thus your hand and arm, from the computer.
A wireless mouse, on the other hand, runs on technology that frees the mouse and your arm from the cord.
This model is powered by electricity so you'll need to be careful of the power cord when using it.
It offers a 100-foot cord, automatic chain brake and a two year warranty at an average price if $230.
This one holds up to 100 photographs and also uses a USB cord to transfer pictures from the computer (Windows or Mac) to the keychain.
When you purchase this model you get a power cord for the car and a suction cup mount.
One other complaint from the reviewer at GPS Magazine includes the issue of having to connect the power cord to the GPS rather than the mount and you have to wait to plug it in until after you've got the GPS in the cradle.
When it comes to automobile GPS choices, most of the devices come with a power cord and a way to mount it on your windshield.
If you forgo the need for a desktop, that's OK; many laptops have the capabilities to hook up to a HDTV with a hi-def cord or-at the very least-a standard monitor cable.
However, you will be limited by the length of the power cord.
The toothbrush system, which includes the base, brush, cord, two brush heads and a tube of toothpaste, retails for $189.
Mom will break the sack and chew the cord to separate the kitten.
She will have an inch or so of umbilical cord attached, but this will fall off in about three days.
Welting (a.k.a. piping) - A thin fabric cord that outlines a sewn edge.
Sometimes the piece is an umbrella with a broken cord, a chaise lounge with a missing position adjustment bracket or a chair with frayed webbing.
If you buy a power cord with an on/off switch and plug all your appliances in it, you can simply turn it off and thus prevent leaving anything on standby.
The use of tallow, sheep's fat, and of plaited cord and even wood for the wick, is well recorded in the history of candle making.
While the use of braided cotton cord is usual (a braided cord burns back on itself), it is not a given in the soy candle making business.
A telescoping cord allows you to pick up the beam and move it around.
If so, do you need to plan for cord management or will you set up a wireless router in your home?
Your pillows can be dressed up by using an embellishment such as braided cord trims, beads, tassels, and string fringes.
Completed in 1899 by Cord Asendorf, today this home hosts many weddings and other parties.
A traverse curtain rod has a pulley system that allows you to open and close your drapes using a cord.
The lamp itself can be plugged into a power cord or outlet behind your desk; the chain stretches to the ceiling where it meets the first hook.
This oval mirror can be mounted or propped against a wall or vanity to use, and includes an extra long cord for easy access to electrical outlets.
This long cord screws into the camera and allows you to press the shutter button remotely.
These work in a similar fashion to the trip handle, allowing you to activate the shutter, but without the cord.
Tiebacks can be of self-material or any other kind of tieback you like an elegant rope cord and tassel.
Mike Tyson's daughter, Exodus, died in May 2009 from injuries she sustained when a treadmill cord became tangled around her neck.
These go on up to a Patrol Leader's Cord, which is worn on the left shoulder of the vest.
In fact, you may be keeping him from injuring himself if he were to chew on a live electrical cord, or an item that could poison or choke him.
Place the unit near the area where your dog sleeps, but not so close that he might feel tempted to chew on the cord.
The only drawback is that you'll have to watch and make sure that mom or the pups don't decide to chew on the cord.
Sometimes a cord or cloth wrap is used to hold the penis sheath on or at a particular angle.
Cache-sexe are worn low on the hip and tied with a cord.
Regardless of materials, the skirts measure approximately twelve to eighteen inches in length and twenty to twenty-two inches in width, excluding the cord.
Another option is jute cord or twine to gently tie your plants to the poles or cages you have purchased.
The pendant fixture is a suspended fixture that hangs from a cord attached to the ceiling.
The styles range from funky-colored glass droplets to elegant nickel-plated cylinders or frosted globes, and are usually suspended from above by a cord, chain, or extendable stem.
Look for hanging lights that allow for cord or chain encapsulation.
Some pendants hang from a cord, others from a wire system, and still others extend on a retractable stem of varying lengths, from three inches to 25 inches.
Hardwiring into the area's junction box is usually the best solution to avoid having a cord run across the ceiling and down the wall to an outlet.
Extension cord - You may not have to have an extension cord if the room is relatively small, but if it isn't, you are going to need one, so have one on hand just in case.
Make sure the cord is a heavy duty extension cord and is able to handle the voltage put out by the floor sander.
If the window is an older sash-weight model, remove the parting stop as well as the balance cord pulleys.
Plug the painter's power cord into the wall outlet and adjust the spraying speed on the painter.
Use track lighting in a craft room or office where bright light is needed, but a floor or desk lamp and cord will merely get in the way.
Which type of cord is used will help determine the type of bracelet - silk cords, for example, are best for more elegant designs, while leather or suede strips work well with thicker, more natural bracelets.
A bracelet may rely on a single cord (generally a thicker material), or several cords could be knotted, braided, or twisted together for more elaborate bracelets.
The beads should fit smoothly on the cords, and some beads may need larger holes so they can be strung on more than one cord simultaneously.
Holes were bored into the teeth of animals and strung on a cord to make jewelry.
If you decide to wear the pendant as one-half, then you'll need to purchase either another black cord or opt for two silver chains.
Other options include a leather cord, piece of silk or ribbon or even rubber cord.
The links are created by elastic cord that the entire bracelet is strung on for easy removing.
A sterling silver cable cord is wrapped around the center of the cone in typical Yurman signature style.
The piece can be worn as a pin or as a pendant on a chain or fabric cord.
The jewelry pieces may be pendants hung on matching metal chains or on a piece of leather or silk cord.
It includes a thermal waffle-knit top and flannel draw cord pants made from 100% cotton.
In addition to their wide brims, there is UPF50+ and UV protection, a chin cord so that the hat won't slip away, an adjustable crown sizer, and in some cases, even a back flap to protect your neck.
Our Green House sells an organic stuffed sheep that plays a lullaby when someone pulls its cord.
It features an added strap and shock cord suspension system.
Examine electrical cords; any light or appliance with a frayed cord will need to be replaced.
If you see evidence of damage, you will need to either have the cord repaired or replace the decoration itself.
Space heaters should be plugged directly into an electrical outlet, never into an extension cord.
Always be aware of the location of the electric cord if you are using an electric powered snow blower or snow shovel.
The pons sends messages, shutting off the motor neurons in the spinal cord.
Along with the actual battery, the machine will need the 12-volt cord designed by the manufacturer to fit the specific CPAP machine hooked to the battery, and an additional 12-volt accessory cord with a DC outlet.
The latter type of cord is available at Wal-Mart or Radio Shack for around 20 dollars.
Then hook the accessory cord to the positive and negative terminals of the battery.
They weigh around 5 lbs, cost about $60 dollars, and the DC cord from the CPAP machine plugs directly into the DC outlet on the battery.
The system sends signals from the brain and spinal cord to the different parts of the body-and amazingly, as people sleep, the central nervous system plays a big part in the many sensations that are expereinced in dreams.
When not in use, wear them around your neck with the cord that is permanently attached to each pair.
The hanging CB cord sways as you drive and all the junk in the dash flies to the side as you turn.
When specially designed cards are attached to a cord connected to a controller and then placed on the game board, the character shown on the card could be read by the "Eye of Judgement" camera which displayed on screen.
It lasts only a couple hours (according to the representative) and can only be charged by its own power cord.
You cannot use the Nintendo DS charging cord or the Advance SP cord, which I couldn't understand.
Upload or favorite Mp3s via a USB cord, or watch MP4s that you can download from the Internet.
If someone got a little rough or angry at a game and pulled the cord beyond its stretch-point by accident, the breakaway point would separate.
A short cord separates the two, making a 'nunchuk'.
Many come with a draw cord so you can tighten it around your face, adding warmth on windy and chilly nights.
Normal tent stakes will not work well in snow, so buy snow stakes or anchor down the tent by attaching cord to the stake loops and placing rocks or snow-filled freezer bags on top of them.
Retractable headsets are available in both earbud and boom style, except here, the cord can retract to avoid tangling.
For example, many phones with an external "stubby" antenna allow you to loop the cord of the charm in where the antenna is.
It can serve as a handsfree device -- there is a microphone built into the cord -- and it can also serve as a set of headphones for listening to music.
There are openings for the microphone, speaker, and charging cord.
You can use this USB cord with a PC or Mac, making it easy to connect to iTunes.
Central nervous system-Part of the nervous system consisting of the brain, cranial nerves, and spinal cord.
The cranial nerves and spinal cord link the brain to the peripheral nervous system, that is the nerves present in the rest of body.
Cerebrospinal fluid-The clear, normally colorless fluid that fills the brain cavities (ventricles), the subarachnoid space around the brain, and the spinal cord and acts as a shock absorber.
Neurologist-A doctor who specializes in disorders of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
The placenta is attached to the wall of the uterus and leads to the unborn baby via the umbilical cord.
Also refers to a small, round demyelinated area that develops in the brain and spinal cord of an individual with multiple sclerosis.
Various sized tumors may grow on the nerves in or leading away from the brain and spinal cord (peripheral nerves) and in the vascular system (veins and arteries) and other organ systems.
The rest of the baby usually slips out easily, and the umbilical cord is cut.
This is only successful approximately half the time, and there are possible complications with the procedure, such as umbilical cord entanglement and separation of the placenta.
These are the nerves throughout the body that communicate motor and sensory information to and from the spinal cord.
Peripheral nerves-Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord that provide the link between the body and the central nervous system.
When it does reach the CNS, inflammation and destruction of the spinal cord motor cells (anterior horn cells) occurs, which prevents them from sending out impulses to muscles.
Once absorbed, it is widely distributed throughout the body until it ultimately reaches the CNS (the brain and spinal cord).
This is due to an inflammation of the meninges (tissues which cover the spinal cord and brain).
The muscles, therefore, no longer receive any messages from the brain or spinal cord.
When poliovirus invades the brainstem (the stalk of brain which connects the two cerebral hemispheres with the spinal cord, called bulbar polio), a person may begin to have trouble breathing and swallowing.
Brainstem-The stalk of the brain which connects the two cerebral hemispheres with the spinal cord.
A catheter is placed into the umbilical vein at the cut surface of the umbilical cord, and the newborn's blood is replaced with an equal volume of new blood.
Meningitis-An infection or inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a set of laboratory tests that examine a sample of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
This location is used because the spinal cord stops near L2, and a needle introduced below this level will miss the cord.
In people who have bleeding disorders, lumbar puncture can cause hemorrhage that can compress the spinal cord.
The spinal cord passes through the spinal canal.
Subarachnoid-Referring to the space underneath the arachnoid membrane, the middle of the three membranes that sheath the spinal cord and brain.
There is a hole in the center of each bone, through which the spinal cord passes.
Tendon-A tough cord of dense white fibrous connective tissue that connects a muscle with some other part, especially a bone, and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
The dura is the tough, fibrous outermost membrane covering the brain and the spinal cord.
Spasticity occurs when certain nerve signals do not reach the muscles because of injury or disease that affects parts of the brain or spinal cord.
Common neurological conditions associated with spasticity include cerebral palsy, brain injury or trauma, severe head injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and some metabolic diseases.
A diagnosis of spasticity is often made with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy or following a brain or spinal cord injury.
Baclofen is a muscle relaxant that works on nerves in the spinal cord to reduce spasticity.
First, a catheter (thin, flexible tube) is inserted through a needle and guided into the spinal canal, close to where pain pathways enter the spinal cord.
Neural tube defect, for example, is a birth defect in which the neural tube that forms the spinal cord does not close completely.
Other sources of stem cells are available, however, and can be harvested from umbilical cord blood as well as from fat, bone marrow, and other adult tissue without harm to the donor.
Cerebral spinal fluid bathes the brain and spinal cord.
Ataxia-A condition marked by impaired muscular coordination, most frequently resulting from disorders in the brain or spinal cord.
Testicular torsion is the twisting of a testis (testicle) such that the spermatic cord becomes twisted, cutting off blood flow to the testis.
The testes are suspended in the scrotum by a single bundle of tissues called the spermatic cord.
Each testis receives blood through the spermatic cord.
When the testicle is not held firmly in place it can twist, creating a kink in the spermatic cord.
During the procedure, the surgeon untwists the cord and secures the testis in place so that it cannot rotate again.
Scrotum-The external pouch containing the male reproductive glands (testes) and part of the spermatic cord.
They run from nerve roots on each side of the upper spinal cord to regions beneath the collarbone where they branch out as the major nerves of the shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands.
It is the detachment of a nerve from the spinal cord.
Avulsion injuries require surgery to reattach the nerve root to the spinal cord.
Cervical nerves-The eight pairs of nerves (C1C8) originating in the cervical (neck) region of the spinal cord.
For example, substance P relays the pain message to nerves leading to the spinal cord and brain.
Without a normal level of frataxin, some of the body's cells-especially those of the brain, spinal cord, and muscle-cannot handle the normal amounts of "oxidative stress," which the mitochondria produce.
The nerve cells most affected by FA are those in the spinal cord involved in relaying information between muscles and the brain.
Imaging studies are conducted to provide pictures of the brain and spinal cord.
The nervous system (brain, spinal cord, and nerves) is very sensitive to electric shock injury, and neurological problems are the most common consequences suffered by electric shock victims.
In children, the typical electrical mouth burn from biting an electric cord appears as a burn on the lip.
A doctor should also always evaluate electric cord burns to the mouth of a child.
They should not be allowed to play with any electrical cord.
The lower structures of the brain are crowded and may be forced into the foramen magnum, the opening through which the brain and spinal cord are connected.
If a condition affecting the brain and spinal cord is suspected, a lumbar puncture or spinal tap may be performed.
It is comprised of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
If prenatal testing indicates the baby has a serious congenital anomaly as a heart defect or spinal cord defect, the mother may need additional testing to determine the extent of the problem.
See also Croup; Foreign objects; Vocal cord dysfunction.
The central nervous system in humans and other mammals contains five different types of opioid receptor proteins, located primarily in the brain, spinal cord, and digestive tract.
When a person takes an opioid medication, the drug attaches to these opioid receptors in the brain and spinal cord and decreases the person's perception of pain.
The neural tube of the embryo develops into the brain, spinal cord, spinal column, and the skull.
This is the most important assessment and can be determined by auscultation with a stethoscope or palpation at the junction of the umbilical cord and skin.
The birth attendant must insert a hand into the vagina and relieve pressure on the cord until a c-section is performed.
The umbilical cord is clamped and cut, and the newborn is given to the nursery personnel for evaluation.
Cord blood is normally obtained for analysis of the infant's blood type and pH.
There is also a possibility of umbilical cord prolapse with a breech birth.
The baby continues to get its oxygen supply from its mother exclusively from the blood in the umbilical cord until the head is delivered and baby breathes on her own.
In some cases of breech birth, part of the umbilical cord enters the birth canal before or with the baby's feet or buttocks and pressure on the cord cuts off the blood and oxygen supply.
This situation is known as cord prolapse.
It can only be tried if there is one fetus in the uterus, if the placenta is not lying in front of the fetus, and if the umbilical cord does not appear to be wrapped around the fetus at any point.
Both entrapment and cord prolapse can be potentially fatal to an infant if delivery is delayed.
Possible causes that center on the fetus rather than the mother include chromosomal abnormalities, genetic and other syndromes that impair skeletal growth, and defects of the placenta or umbilical cord.
The first breath begins even before the umbilical cord is cut.
Chordomas develop on the skull or spinal cord.
Also excluded from CP are any disorders of muscle control that arise in the muscles themselves and/or in the peripheral nervous system (nerves outside the brain and spinal cord).
A neurosurgeon performing dorsal rhizotomy carefully cuts selected nerve roots in the spinal cord to prevent them from stimulating the spastic muscles.
In its most severe form, termed spinal rachischisis, the entire spinal canal is open, exposing the spinal cord and nerves.
More commonly, the abnormality appears as a localized mass on the back that is covered by skin or by the meninges, the three-layered membrane that envelops the spinal cord.
The term meningocele is used when the spine malformation contains only the protective covering (meninges) of the spinal cord.
The other terms indicate involvement of the spinal cord and nerves in the malformation.
A related term, spina bifida occulta, indicates that one or more of the bony bodies in the spine are incompletely hardened, but that there is no abnormality of the spinal cord itself.
The spine may be completely open, exposing the spinal cord and nerves.
In rare instances, the spinal cord malformation may occur internally, sometimes with a connection to the gastrointestinal tract.
In these conditions, a tumor of fatty tissue becomes isolated among the nerves below the spinal cord, which may result in tethering of the spinal cord and complications similar to those with open spina bifida.
Other physiological problems, such as urinary tract infection, severe constipation, or spinal cord injury, can cause bed-wetting.
Sensation is carried to the brain by neurons (nerve cells) running from the outer parts of the body to the spinal cord in bundles called nerves.
In the spinal cord, these neurons make connections with other neurons that run up to the brain.
This disturbance can occur in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), the nerve roots that are attached to the spinal cord, or the peripheral nervous system (nerves outside the brain and spinal cord).
Peripheral nervous system-The part of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord.
Sensory nerves-Sensory or afferent nerves carry impulses of sensation from the periphery or outward parts of the body to the brain and spinal cord.
Meningitis is a serious inflammation of the meninges, the membranes (lining) that surround the brain and spinal cord.
Meninges-The three-layer membranous covering of the brain and spinal cord, composed of the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater.
It provides protection for the brain and spinal cord, as well as housing many blood vessels and participating in the appropriate flow of cerebrospinal fluid.
Some pit vipers carry potent venom that can threaten the brain and spinal cord.
In 15 percent of cases, the covering of the brain and spinal cord becomes inflamed (meningitis).
Spina bifida occurs during the first month of fetal development when a small bit of bone and skin fails to fully enclose the nerves of the spinal cord, leaving a hole or lesion.
The damage appears to be caused by leakage of fluid from the spinal cord and exposure of the cord to amniotic fluid.
Surgery for spina bifida requires closing the opening in the cord.
The fetus is removed from the womb by cesarean section but the umbilical cord is left intact so that the mother's placenta continues to sustain the fetus.
After the air passage is cleared, the umbilical cord is cut and the newborn can breathe on its own.
Without the cushion that enables the fetus to float, the fetus may compress the umbilical cord causing death.
Ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT)-A cesarean section in which the infant is removed from the uterus but the umbilical cord is not cut until after surgery for a congenital defect that blocks the air passage.
Omphalocele-A birth defect where the bowel and sometimes the liver, protrudes through an opening in the baby's abdomen near the umbilical cord.
Spina bifida-A birth defect (a congenital malformation) in which part of the vertebrae fail to develop completely so that a portion of the spinal cord, which is normally protected within the vertebral column, is exposed.
Occasionally, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used as a diagnostic tool, primarily to look more closely at the condition of the spinal cord and nerve roots extending from it if neurological problems are suspected.
A difference in reflexes between the arms and legs usually indicates of a lesion involving the spinal cord.
Spinal cord lesions or disease can possibly be detected by pinprick and temperature assessment.
Corticospinal tract-A tract of nerve cells that carries motor commands from the brain to the spinal cord.
Normal voluntary muscle contraction begins when electrical signals are sent from the brain through the spinal cord along nerve cells called motor neurons.
These include both the upper motor neurons within the brain and the lower motor neurons within the spinal cord and leading out to the muscle.
Possible causes include stroke, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, neurodegenerative diseases, trauma, spinal cord injury, and nervous system poisons such as strychnine, tetanus, and certain insecticides.
Spinal cord injury-Injury to the spinal cord, via blunt or penetrating trauma.
In developing countries, newborns often contract tetanus from contaminated instruments used to tie off the umbilical cord after birth.
One end of the umbilical cord is attached to the placenta and the other end is attached to the baby's belly button (umbilicus).
During a spinal tap, a needle is inserted between the vertebrae of the spinal column and a small sample of the fluid surrounding the spinal cord is obtained.
Doppler studies on the umbilical cord artery and the middle cerebral artery also provide information regarding fetal growth.
When both the brain and spinal cord are involved, the disorder is called encephalomyelitis.
Cerebrospinal fluid analysis-A laboratory test, important in diagnosing diseases of the central nervous system, that examines a sample of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
In omphalocele, some of the internal organs protrude through the abdominal muscles in the area around the umbilical cord.
At birth, the problem is obvious, because the base of the umbilical cord at the navel will bulge or, in worse cases, contain internal organs.
The spinal cord may protrude through a defect in the vertebrae of the spinal column (myelomeningocele).
It is used to relieve cord compression, reduce fetal distress caused by meconium staining, and as a correction of decreased amniotic fluid.
Generally the insertion of a fetal scalp electrode is a safe procedure, but it may occasionally cause umbilical cord prolapse or infection due to early amniotomy.
Problems could also occur if the electrode or IUPC causes trauma to the eye, fetal vessels, umbilical cord, or placenta.
Abnormally high levels of this substance suggests there may be defects in the fetal neural tube, a structure that will include the brain and spinal cord when completely developed.
Staph infections affecting these areas can spread to the brain or spinal cord.
Another approach to transplantation as a cure for hyper-IgM syndrome is the use of stem cells from cord blood.
The stem cells used for transplantation are taken from blood collected from a baby's umbilical cord or the placenta (afterbirth) immediately following delivery.
Cord blood from healthy siblings can be used for transplantation to treat XHIM patients.
Families with a history of primary immunodeficiency disorders can save cord blood in private storage facilities for later use if needed.
Such procedures as bone marrow or cord blood transplantation are also costly.
Cord blood-The blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after birth.
Stem cells from cord blood can be used in place of bone marrow for treating primary immunodeficiency disorders.
An umbilical hernia occurs when a portion of the bowel protrudes through a small defect in the abdominal wall muscle near where the umbilical cord attaches to the baby's abdomen.
These hernias are usually small and have no symptoms other than a small protrusion near the base of the umbilical cord.
Another type of line may be inserted into the baby's umbilical cord.
These dormant viruses are concentrated in nerve cells near the spinal cord and may reactivate in adults, causing the disease herpes zoster or shingles.
Others develop pneumonia, diarrhea, dry or cracked lips, jaundice, or an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meningitis).
If the tube that becomes the brain and spinal cord does not close correctly during fetal development, AFP may leak through this abnormal opening and enter the amniotic fluid.
The CNS comprises the brain and spinal cord, and the PNS is composed of the nerves that stem from and lead into the CNS.
It has been hypothesized that uninterrupted and unrelenting pain can induce changes in the spinal cord.
As of 2004 evidence was accumulating that unrelenting pain or the complete lack of nerve signals increases the number of pain receptors in the spinal cord.
Nerve cells in the spinal cord may also begin secreting pain-amplifying neurotransmitters independent of actual pain signals from the body.
Narcotics may be ineffective against some forms of chronic pain, especially since changes in the spinal cord may alter the usual pain signaling pathways.
Another mode of administration involves implanted catheters that deliver pain medication directly to the spinal cord.
In this procedure, instead of applying the current across the skin, electrodes are implanted to stimulate peripheral nerves or nerves in the spinal cord.
Ablative procedures are characterized by severing a nerve and disconnecting it from the spinal cord.
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)-The part of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord.
Polio-Poliomyelitis, an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord and can cause paralysis.
Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is a disorder that occurs when the vocal cords move toward each other when a person breathes, narrowing the airway and causing wheezing and difficulty breathing.
In an individual with vocal cord dysfunction, instead of being drawn apart, the vocal cords move together, narrowing and partially blocking the airway.
The rabies virus infects the human nervous system causing acute encephalomyelitis, an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
Encephalomyelitis-Encephalitis or another acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord that can be caused by the rabies virus.
Pacifiers are sometimes attached to a baby's clothing with a clip and a short cord or ribbon to prevent them from becoming lost or dirty.
However a child can become entangled in even a short cord and should never be put to bed with a pacifier attached to a cord.
A pacifier that is hung on a cord around the baby's neck, tied to the baby's hand, or attached to a crib can cause strangulation.
Since oxygen and nutrients are received from the placenta and the umbilical cord instead of the lungs, the ductus arteriosus acts as a "short cut" that allows blood to bypass the deflated lungs and go straight out to the body.
This so-called neural tube develops into the spinal cord, and at one end, the brain.
Incomplete closure causes protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges, called meningomyelocele.
Spina bifida may be treated with surgery to close the open portion of the spinal cord.
If the DNA change in the parent(s) is unknown, then prenatal testing can sometimes be performed through biochemical testing of blood obtained from the umbilical cord.
Other risks include infection or vocal cord injury.
They are located above and in front of the cerebellum, and their function is to produce and circulate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the protective fluid that circulates through the brain and the spinal cord.
In Type I malformation, the lower portions of the cerebellum, known as the cerebellar tonsils, protrude through the opening in the skull known as the foramen magnum and into the spinal cord canal.
It is often accompanied by a condition known as syringomyelia in which pockets of CSF form in the spinal cord.
These malformations are part of a larger syndrome seen in children with spina bifida, a condition in which the spine and spinal cord have not formed properly.
Victims may also exhibit vocal cord paralysis and episodes of apnea (a cessation of breathing sometimes requiring resuscitation).
It is painless, noninvasive, and allows doctors to see the brain and spinal cord from several different angles.
Central cord syndrome, however, is less successfully corrected by surgery with only about one third of patients experiencing lasting improvement.
Brain stem-The part of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and controls most basic life functions.
Dura mater-The strongest and outermost of three membranes that protect the brain, spinal cord, and nerves of the cauda equina.
Ventricles-Four cavities within the brain that produce and maintain the cerebrospinal fluid that cushions and protects the brain and spinal cord.
For example, encephalomyelitis (inflammation of the brain and spinal cord) occurs in one to two cases out of 1000 patients; the disease is fatal at that same rate.
A stimulus, such as a light tap with a rubber hammer, causes sensory neurons (nerve cells) to send signals to the spinal cord.
The familiar knee-jerk reflex is an example; this reflex tests the integrity of the spinal cord in the lower back region.
This is due to the fact that the fibers in the spinal cord and cerebral cortex have not been completely covered in myelin, the protein and lipid sheath that aids in processing neural signals.
Calancie B., et al. "Tendon reflexes for predicting movement recovery after acute spinal cord injury in humans."
There must be no fetal parts or any umbilical cord present in any of these pockets of fluid in order to be counted.
In a similar manner, US is used with cordocentesis, but in this procedure a needle is guided into the umbilical cord to withdraw fetal blood for testing.
The digestive tract is unnecessary for fetal growth, since all nutrition comes from the mother through the placenta and umbilical cord.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling.
The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of function to occur.
In most SCI cases, the spinal cord is intact, but the damage to it results in loss of function.
The spinal cord and the brain are the two components of the central nervous system (CNS).
The spinal cord extends from the base of the brain, down the middle of the back, to the lower back, and it coordinates movement and sensation in the body.
The nerve cells themselves, with long branches (dendrites) that receive signals from other nerve cells, make up the gray matter that lies in a butterfly-shaped region in the center of the spinal cord.
Like the brain, the spinal cord is enclosed in three membranes (meninges).
The spinal cord consists of several segments along its length, with higher segments controlling movement and sensation in upper parts of the body and lower segments controlling the lower parts of the body.
The types of disability associated with SCI thus depend directly on the type and severity of the injury, the level of the cord at which the injury occurs, and the nerve fiber pathways that are damaged.
Severe injury to the spinal cord causes paralysis and complete loss of sensation to the parts of the body controlled by the spinal cord segments below the point of injury.
Spinal cord injuries also can lead to many complications, including pressure sores and increased susceptibility to respiratory diseases.
The incidence of spinal cord injuries peaks among people in their early 20s, with a small increase in the elderly population due to falls and degenerative diseases of the spine.
However, symptoms can develop slowly, if an infection or tumor is gradually increasing pressure on the spinal cord.
A person suspected of having a spinal cord injury should not be moved and treatment of SCI begins with immobilization, commonly achieved by enclosing the cervical spine in a rigid collar and use of rigid backboards.
Immobilization prevents further injuries to the cord at the scene of the injury and has helped reduce worsening of any neurological SCI injury.
At the time of injury, treatment is focused on stabilizing the spine and relieving cord compression.
Surgery cannot reverse damage to the spinal cord but is often needed to stabilize the spine to prevent future pain or deformity.