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Many Vulcans are skilled in a self-defense technique known as the " Vulcan nerve pinch " or " neck pinch ", which targets a precise location on the neck, rendering the victim unconscious ( sometimes instantly, sometimes after a short delay depending on the subject ).
Leonard McCoy attempted to use the " neck pinch " while carrying Spock's katra in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, but was unsuccessful for reasons unknown.
In " Whom Gods Destroy ", Garth of Izar performs the neck pinch on a Tellarite guard while masquerading as Spock, using his shape-shifting ability.
However, the Tellarite was one of Garth's minions, and the neck pinch may have been a ruse to convince Kirk that Garth really was Spock.
Nimoy thought that such overt violence was uncharacteristic of the strictly-logical Spock, and suggested the neck pinch as a less-emotional alternative.
Prong collars ( sometimes incorrectly termed ' pinch collars ') are a series of chain links with blunted open ends turned towards the dog's neck.
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Vulcan nerve pinch is a technique used mainly by Vulcans to render unconsciousness by pinching a pressure point at the base of the victim ’ s neck.
* In the movie You Don't Mess with the Zohan, the Zohan uses the nerve pinch on a crying kid in a hair saloon and then suggests that it is a good time to shave his neck
* During an episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Kwai Chang Caine uses the neck pinch to subdue a henchmen from behind by breaking his arms through a wooden door and applying the nerve pinch to the unsuspecting bad guy, thus subduing him.
* In a fourth season episode of Soap, Jodie Dallas, played by Billy Crystal, is surprised when he successfully uses the " Vulcan neck pinch " and thanks Star Trek.
There, the Doctor inspects a crewmember who was found unconscious and observes an extreme trauma to the trapezius neck bundle, " as though her nerve fibers have been ruptured "; and it is later revealed that the person was the victim of a nerve pinch.
The " death grip " differs from the " nerve pinch " in that the nerve pinch is administered to the neck area and the death grip was administered to Kirk's face ; the palm directly over the nose and the fingers spread out over the rest of the face.

neck and itself
These are frequently used in conjunction with neck dies, as the bump die itself does not manipulate the neck of the case whatsoever.
They are either attached to the center chest ring of a breastplate or, if no breastplate is worn, they are attached by two straps, one that goes around the horse's neck, and the other that attaches to the girth, with the martingale itself beginning at the point in the center of the chest where the neck and girth straps intersect.
The film itself has been widely sampled: Punk band Big Audio Dynamite used an audio clip from the movie in its song " Medicine Show "; the audio was taken from the scene in which a judge, after reading a long list of criminal charges, sentences Tuco to be " hanged from the neck until dead.
The newer integrated screen ( formerly called F. A. S. T. E. R for First And Second Trimester Early Results ) can be done at 10 plus weeks to 13 plus weeks with an ultrasound of the fetal neck ( thick skin is bad ) and two chemicals ( analytes ) Papp-a and bhcg ( pregnancy hormone level itself ).
In the race itself he ran well below his best form and was beaten a neck at odds of 4 / 11 by the five-year-old English horse Lorenzaccio.
The neck is brought down very low and the beak turned down so that the whole neck becomes S-shaped and folding onto itself.
When approached by a predator of either its nest or itself, divers sometimes attack the predator by rushing at it and attempting to impale it through the abdomen or the back of the head or neck.
The shell of the clam ranges from to over in length, but the extremely long siphons make the clam itself very much longer than this: the " neck " or siphons alone can be in length.
This can keep the neck significantly warmer, since the seal itself provides little insulation.
At the end of almost every episode, as the climax of events cause Eric's stress to reach breaking point, the throbbing vein emerges from his temple and wraps itself around his neck, strangling him.
The round itself was based on the. 30-03, but rather than a 220-grain ( 14 g ) round-tip bullet fired at, it had a 150-grain ( 9. 7 g ) pointed bullet fired at ; the case neck was a fraction of an inch shorter as well.
alt = Schools of fish mill around a large sea creature ; the animal's long neck twists around itself.
Dr. Crusher finds a small protrusion on the back of Quinn's neck, leading her to discover that a similar bug-like parasite has latched itself onto Quinn's brain and is controlling him.
The instrument itself is identical, only the design of the neck and head changes ; the Serbian gusle has Serbian motif etc.
It is very comfortable to wear, as the knot itself will hold the tie firmly in place while still keeping space between the collar and the neck.
The long-tailed weasel then manoevres itself to inflict a lethal bite to the neck.
As well, the rings indicate a relationship with the divine: the Sowo itself is a deity from the waters, and the neck rings represent the concentric waves that are formed on still water by Sowo's head breaking through the surface.
The leafy seadragon propels itself by means of a pectoral fin on the ridge of its neck and a dorsal fin on its back closer to the tail end.
The bird holds itself upright with neck and legs stretched, and it faces the other bird.
And as mistakenly reported on many websites, the G & L Broadcaster was highly successful not because of Mr. Leo Fender signing each guitar in the neck pocket, but rather because of the pure quality of the guitar itself.
In many cases, it is usually easier to remove the old neck completely, either by taking the wings off and putting an entirely new core in, or by converting the guitar to a bolt-on or set neck by creating a heel and affixing the new neck to the core already in place, rather than to try to repair the neck itself.

neck and referred
The highly influential organologist Curt Sachs distinguished between the " long-necked lute " ( Langhalslaute ) and the short-necked variety: both referred to chordophones with a neck as distinguished from harps and psalteries.
While most other necklaces are simply referred to by their physical measurement, pearl necklaces are named by how low they hang when worn around the neck.
These helmets were sometimes referred to as lobster-tail helmets by allied forces due to their distinctive curved neck guard.
Resonator guitars, including round necked varieties, are particularly suitable for this style, yet are seldom referred to as " steel guitars ", but rather referred to generally as a Dobro, acoustic slide guitar, or square neck resonator guitars.
Typical locations for referred pain are arms ( often inner left arm ), shoulders, and neck into the jaw.
A common sign is the growth of fat pads along the collar bone and on the back of the neck ( buffalo hump ) and a round face often referred to as a " moon face.
The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is " specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck ", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain " hanging ".
In his 1941 essay " The Lion and the Unicorn ", Orwell referred to two important sub-sections of the middle class, one of which was the military and imperialistic middle class, nicknamed the Blimps, and characterised by the " half-pay colonel with his bull neck and diminutive brain ".
This referred to the practice of drawing a man by a hurdle ( similar to a fence ) through the streets, removing him from the hurdle and hanging him from the neck ( but removing him before death ), disemboweling him slowly on a wooden block by slitting open his abdomen, removing his entrails and his other organs, and then decapitating him and dividing the body into four pieces.
The first roper is referred to as the " header ," the person who ropes the front of the steer, usually around the horns, but it is also legal for the rope to go around the neck, or go around one horn and the nose resulting in what they call a " half head ," the second is the " heeler ," who ropes the steer by its hind feet, with a five second penalty assessed to the end time if only one leg is caught.
As well as its true anatomical neck, the constriction below the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus is referred to as its surgical neck due to its tendency to commonly get fractured, thus often becoming the focus of surgeons.
Symptoms reported by sufferers include: pain and aching to the neck and back, referred pain to the shoulders, sensory disturbance ( such as pins and needles ) to the arms & legs and headaches.
It is formed by the left and right brachiocephalic veins ( also referred to as the innominate veins ), which also receive blood from the upper limbs, eyes and neck, behind the lower border of the first right costal cartilage.
These include, but are not limited to, having sunken cheeks and / or " humps " on the back or back of the neck ( also referred to as buffalo hump ) which also exhibits due to excess cortisol.
The cinnamon neck ring is usually difficult to observe, unlike the white ring on its bill, which is why the bird is sometimes referred to as a " ringbill ".
* Lena the Hyena: A hideous Lower Slobbovian gal, referred to but initially unseen or only glimpsed from the neck down in Li ' l Abner.
Among the oldest described surgical procedures, tracheotomy ( also referred to as tracheostomy ) consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea.
" Demijohn " is an old word that formerly referred to any glass vessel with a large body and small neck, enclosed in wickerwork.
The headscarf ( sometimes referred to as the hijab in both French and English ) covers the hair, ears, neck, and sometimes the shoulders, but not the face.
The gusle consists of a wooden sound box, the maple being considered as the best material ( therefore often the instrument is referred to as " gusle javorove "-maple gusle ), covered with an animal skin and a neck with an intricately carved head.
Another variation of this hold, referred to as a bridging reverse chinlock, sees the attacking wrestler kneel before the opponent and grasp his / her neck into a reverse chinlock.
The only two species in the genus Cheiromeles are commonly referred to as naked bats, hairless bats, or naked bulldog bats, as they are almost completely devoid of hair, except for very fine coats on the tail, head, and in a collar about the neck.

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