1.   A technician would insert the rod into a connector receptacle and, holding the disk between his fingers, twirl it around, Stein said.

2.   A steel rod was inserted in his right leg to help the bone heal.

3.   Geoff Smith, the president of Roush Racing, said Roush underwent surgery to insert a rod into his broken left femur, or thigh bone, on Saturday.

4.   He had surgery on Monday, in which a titanium rod was inserted in his right tibia.

5.   He had surgery on Sunday to have a titanium rod inserted into the arm and did not have a cast put on, she said.

6.   Instead of putting a cast on his right leg, Ronald Kvitne inserted a rod through the broken bone.

7.   McCaffrey fractured the tibia and fibula and was in surgery late Monday night to have a rod inserted into his leg.

8.   McCaffrey suffered a broken tibia and fibula and was scheduled to undergo surgery late Monday night to have a rod inserted in his leg.

9.   On some larger models, fiberglass rods are inserted into sleeves and poked into the ground to hold the tent upright.

10.   San Antonio exposed Willie Anderson,who has never been the same since steel rods were surgically inserted in his legs.