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What (who) is nuchal - definition

BACK OF NECK, IMPORTANT IN SOME NON-HUMAN MAMMALS

Nuchal; Scruff (anatomy); Nape of the Neck; Scruf; Neck nape; Napes; Nape of the neck

nuchal

['nju:k(?)l]

¦ adjective Anatomy relating to the nape of the neck.

Origin

C19: from obs. nucha 'nape' (from med. L. nucha 'medulla oblongata') + -al.

Nuchal

·adj Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck;

- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.

Nuchal scan

ROUTINE ULTRASOUND DONE BETWEEN 11 AND 14 WEEKS PREGNANCY

Nuchal translucency; Nuchel scan; Nuchal Scan; Nt scan; Nuchal fold scan; Nuchal translucency screening; Transnuchal; Transnuchal line; Nuchal fold thickness; Nuchal fluid line; Nuchal translucency scan; Nuchal translucency measurement; Nuchal translucency ultrasound

A nuchal scan or nuchal translucency (NT) scan/procedure is a sonographic prenatal screening scan (ultrasound) to detect chromosomal abnormalities in a fetus, though altered extracellular matrix composition and limited lymphatic drainage can also be detected.

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Wikipedia

Nape

The nape is the back of the neck. In technical anatomical/medical terminology, the nape is also called the nucha (from the Medieval Latin rendering of the Arabic نُخَاع, 'spinal marrow'). The corresponding adjective is nuchal, as in the term nuchal rigidity for neck stiffness.

In many mammals the nape bears a loose, non-sensitive area of skin, known as the scruff, by which a mother carries her young by her teeth, temporarily immobilizing it during transport. In the mating of cats the male will grip the female's scruff with his teeth to help immobilize her during the act, a form of pinch-induced behavioral inhibition.

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Examples of use of nuchal

1. About 5 per cent of completely normal babies will have nuchal thickening on the ultrasound scan.

2. A. Thickening at the back of a baby‘s neck – known as nuchal thickening – is a fairly reliable sign that something is wrong with the baby.

3. Mrs Carles, a manager for a housebuilding firm, discovered her astonishing news when she booked herself in for a nuchal scan 11 weeks into her pregnancy to check for birth defects.

4. Although a screening test such as the nuchal–thickening test is able to pick up the majority of babies who do have a chromosome problem, it also picks up some who don‘t have a problem.

5. "It is fantastic having them home – but I think we are going to be very, very busy." Mrs Carles, who was an only child, first discovered she was carrying quads when she booked herself in for a nuchal scan at 11 weeks to check for birth defects.