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nu·cha

 (no͞o′kə, nyo͞o′-)
n.
The nape of the neck.

[Middle English, spinal cord, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic nuḫā', marrow, spinal cord; see mḫḫ in Semitic roots.]

nu′chal adj.
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P.S I asked my midwife to please use the word chance not risk when talking about my nuchal scan.'
Several studies have come up with different external landmarks for the transverse sinus -the point of insertion of semispinalis capitis muscle, the superior nuchal line (SNL) etc.
Nuchal translucency (NT) is the normal fluid-filled subcutaneous space identified at the back of the fetal neck during the late first trimester and early second trimester (1).
A nuchal cord is an unforeseeable medical emergency; nothing different could have been done to change the outcome.
A similar situation concerns the nuchal plate illustrated by Ivanov & Ginter (1997, fig.
The association between nuchal nevus flammeus and alopecia areata: a case-control study.
Using a meta-analysis approach, it was determined that screening in weeks 9 to 11 using maternal serum PAPP-A, free phCG, and unconjugated oestriol a detection rate of 65% was predicted with a false positive rate of 5% and if ultrasound nuchal translucency (see next section) was included the combined prediction rate rose to 88.3% (35).
We were able to distinguish between 2 categories of fish (i.e., with and without a nuchal forehead hump) and among three different habitat types appearing on videos.
Imaging techniques like the nuchal translucency thickness measurement have been crucial in the improvement of screening tests, both for chromosomal abnormalities and for adverse outcomes (4,5).
In the comparatively simple muscular system of a cephalopod mollusc, we identified an obliquely striated muscle, the nuchal retractor muscle, which appears to be multifunctional.
With the intraoperative difficulties, it was decided to make a bone graft transplant from the dorsal iliac crest directly between C2 and the nuchal area.