| In a high-risk or instant-death hostage situation, police snipers may take head shots to ensure an instant kill. The snipers aim for the \\\"apricot\\\", or the medulla oblongata, located inside the head, a part of the brain that controls involuntary movement that lies at the base of the skull. Some ballistics and neurological researchers have argued that severing the spinal cord at an area near the second cervical vertebra is actually achieved, usually having the same effect of preventing voluntary motor activity, but the debate on the matter remains largely academic at present. |
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