A connecting wire is run under the skin from the stimulator to an electrode that is attached to the vagus nerve, which is accessible through a small incision (cut) in the neck.
A long ton is defined as exactly 2,240 pounds. The long ton arises from the traditional British measurement system: A long ton is 20 cwt, each of which is 8 stone (1 stone = 14 pounds). Thus a long ton is 20 Ã 8 Ã 14 lb = 2,240 lb.
There is, or was, a distinction between what they used to teach in  school about tons-there were long tons and short tons. A  short ton is 2,000 pounds, almost always â¦ referred to simply as a  ton. A long ton was 2,200 pounds.