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Lets say a defender, adhering to the rules, aims to hit a wide receiver below the head-neck area.
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Lets say a defender, adhering to the rules, aims to hit a wide receiver below the head-neck area.
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Kaleta returned after missing seven games with a head-neck injury. ...
USATODAY.com 2008
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Predictions: proficient terrestrial abilities; no need for highly developed soaring or gliding skills; bill elongate but lacking specializations (such as lateral or dorsoventral compression, keels, or hooked bill tips); neck flexibility not required as the neck only needs to bring the bill tips close to the ground; head-neck joint, at least, should be flexible.
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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NASCAR now has all its drivers in head-neck restraints and has installed impact-absorbent walls at two of its tracks.
USATODAY.com - Learning more about defying death at Daytona 2003
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That kid incidentally is now a head-neck cancer surgeon, as you know, at Johns Hopkins.
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Yet another unusual thing about the Matamata is that it normally holds its head such that its long axis is inclined upwards (at about 35°) relative to the horizontal [normal head-neck posture shown below: picture by your humble author].
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We developed a comprehensive 3D digital atlas of the head-neck system of the honeybee.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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The high resolution of our model, combined with the ability to independently show or hide individual muscles and skeletal structures greatly aided our understanding of the head-neck system.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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Yet another unusual thing about the Matamata is that it normally holds its head such that its long axis is inclined upwards (at about 35°) relative to the horizontal [normal head-neck posture shown below: picture by your humble author].
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