In miners, who work for long periods lying on the side, the muscle may be paralysed by direct pressure on the terminal filaments of the nerve, and the nerve may also be involved as a result of disease in the sub-deltoid bursa.
A cervical rib may damage the plexus by direct pressure, the part usually affected being the medial cord, which is made up of fibres from the eighth cervical and first dorsal nerves.
The softness of the cranial bones permits a direct pressure on the brain.
Hæmorrhage is controlled during the operation by means of clamps or by direct pressure of the lid between the finger and thumb.
Any bleeding from the inferior petrosal sinus or condyloid veins, which may not be thrombosed, should be arrested by direct pressure of a strip of gauze over the bleeding points.
This is more likely to occur in a cerebellar abscess in consequence of direct pressure on the medullary respiratory centres.
To determine whether the stapes is ankylosed or not, direct pressure of the probe on the head of the stapes may be necessary.
Does a given alternating voltage affect the insulation of the circuit differently than a direct pressure of the same value?
The velocity produces a direct pressure P´ on the tail plane, which opposes, like a lever, any rotation due to the action of P.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "direct pressure" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
