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A special strong orthopaedic collar to support the head of a person with neck injuries or a condition such as cervical spondylosis. A soft or rigid band of plastic or padded foam that is designed to limit extension, flexion, and lateral movement of the neck. Soft collars usually are reserved for confirmed strains of the…

A tube running through the cervix, from the point where the uterus joins the vagina to the entrance of the uterine cavity. The anatomic portion of the uterus between the internal and the external os.  

A gland which secretes earwax.  

To make an official statement in writing about something.  

One of the main motor pathways in the anterior and lateral white columns of the spinal cord.  

Referring to the brain and the spinal cord. To the brain and spinal cord, as the cerebrospinal axis.  

A mass of nerve fibres connecting the cerebral hemispheres to the midbrain. A pair of white bundles from the upper part of the pons to the cerebrum. It constitutes the ventral portion of the midbrain.  

Failure in the blood supply to the brain.  

Bleeding inside the brain from a cerebral artery. Intracerebral hemorrhage refers to the occurrence of bleeding inside the brain as a result of a ruptured blood vessel.  

The usual condition where the centres for various functions are located in one cerebral hemisphere. A kind of dominance of one part of the brain over another. Intrinsic property of one of the two hemispheres of the human brain such that it often exerts greater control over various bodily functions. Handedness, for example, may be…