Quick Answer. When a person breaks the neck, one or more cervical bones are usually broken, fractured or dislocated. The area around the neck is referred to as the cervical area, which consists of seven bones located in the spinal column. The bones also have a role in protecting the spinal cord from injury.
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You have seven vertebrae in your neck (cervical vertabrae). Breathing is controlled by nerves that come out above the third, fourth, and fifth vertebrae. Severing or severely injuring the spinal cord at this level will paralyze the diaphragm and keep you from breathing.
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If your neck in broken around the level of C2 or C1 in laymens terms it will damage the area that controls your breathing and heart rate. What happens is you stop breathing immediately and die shortly after. Good luck snapping someone's c2 or c1 with your hands.
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Doing a Basic Snap. 1  1. Press your thumb to your middle finger. Begin by resting the pad (the flat, fleshy part) of your thumb against the pad of your middle finger. 2  2. Fold your ring finger and pinky down.
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[–]sledgehammer_killer -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (2 children) it depends where the knot is placed. if it is to the side then it should be instantaneous as it would break your neck. if placed in the back it will strangle you and you will feel everything.
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In action movies, whenever the hero and his posse are trying to infiltrate the bad guys' lair, they'll often try to get rid of various guards and henchmen by performing silent kills. The cliched way to do this is to sneak up on the bad guy and snap his neck.
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Doing a Basic Snap. 1. Press your thumb to your middle finger. Begin by resting the pad (the flat, fleshy part) of your thumb against the pad of your middle finger. Don't use the tips of your fingers — you want the soft, squishy parts to meet.
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Move the thumb from the middle finger to the index finger. Your middle finger should slide off of your thumb and snap towards your palm. It should hit the fleshy base of your thumb and make a sharp cracking sound. Congratulations — you've just snapped your fingers. Don't worry if you can't get it on the first try.
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what happens when you snap someone's neck
When a person breaks the neck, one or more cervical bones are usually broken, fractured or dislocated. When you snap someone's neck, the neck was broken and one or more cervical bones are usually broken, fractured or dislocated.