How to Use cervical in a Sentence

cervical

adjective
  • Feel a stretch from the base of your skull down through your cervical vertebrae.
    Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Sure enough, the cervical mucus of the females had stronger effect on the sperm of some males than others, the study found.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Most of those work by either thickening the cervical mucus so sperm can't get to the uterus or stopping ovulation or making it so the sperm can't swim.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The hospital found that the man sustained a cervical spinal cord injury from the feline landing on his head, reports Metro.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Her mother, Celia, died from cervical cancer the day before Ginsburg's high school graduation.
    Julia M. Chan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Early-stage cervical cancer generally has a very good prognosis, with a 91% survival rate.
    Heidi Cope, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
  • An ob/gyn office (combining the two specialties) is also be a place where cervical cancer is tested and diagnosed, and where breast exams are performed.
    Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Jung is a leading global expert on viruses that cause nearly 20% of cancers, including cervical, liver and skin cancer.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Stephens said many communities within Alabama suffer from high rates of preventable diseases, such as cervical cancer.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2020
  • This will help stretch out that muscle and open up some of the joint space in the cervical spine.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023
  • In 2017, the HPV cervical screening test replaced the pap smear test.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 4 July 2022
  • For cervical cancer there are two types of screening: the Pap and HPV test.
    Grace Wade, Health.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The cause was cervical cancer, her wife, Kellen Mori, said.
    Annabelle Williams, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • However, the joints of the cervical spine in the neck, and most of the shoulder joint, are deeper than the Voltaren can penetrate.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The virus, also known as HPV, can lead to cervical cancer.
    Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The team listed the injury as a cervical strain prior to Game 4.
    Doyle Rader, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • Try to keep the cervical spine neutral throughout the movement.
    Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 29 June 2022
  • The cervical pillow comes in three sizes and four colors.
    Isabel Garcia, Health.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • When that curve is lost, it is called loss of cervical lordosis.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Sperm can live up to five days in fertile cervical mucus.
    Christin Perry, Parents, 30 June 2023
  • Use the tension of your hands and arms to weigh your cervical spine down while maintaining a straight thoracic spine.
    Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 18 Dec. 2020
  • On top of all that, when the couple aimed for a 2022 opening, Heather was diagnosed with cervical cancer the same year.
    Alex Darus, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The cervical cancer rate for Hmong women is three times that of the rate for all Asian Americans (and four times that of white women).
    Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Ending a cancer: The lives of five million women could be saved by 2050 if the world joins forces to wipe out cervical cancer.
    Keith Ladzinski, National Geographic, 18 Nov. 2020
  • In the campaign video, the singer shares that Black women are twice as likely as white women to die from cervical cancer.
    Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2021
  • However, the fracture of the seventh cervical vertebra of the spine would not heal on its own.
    Eric Willemsen, ajc, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The same types that cause cervical cancers also cause throat cancers.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • During vaginal birth, these bones shift to help a baby fit through the cervical opening and narrow birth canal.
    Maria Carter, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The progestin hormone thickens cervical mucus to block sperm from reaching the egg.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 Oct. 2024
  • However, cervical cancer still kills about 4,000 women in the US each year.
    Sam Tupper, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024

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