(v. t.) To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.
Example Sentences:
(1) The flocculus receives afferents bilaterally from the superior, medial and descending vestibular nucleus, group y, the interstitial nucleus of the vestibular nerve and also from the abducent nucleus.
(2) In rats that had undergone nerve severance, NPY-immunoreactive fibers were detected at the cut ends of the abducent and trochlear nerve.
(3) They consisted of (1) an unusual trifurcation of the abducent nerve, limited to the extradural portion of the neural trunk (1.4% of the cases) and (2) the duplicity (11.1%) of the neural trunk, starting before reaching the orbit and ending before reaching the m. rectus lateralis.
(4) Nine out of these 19 patients showed facial palsy; 6 palsy of the oculomotor nerve; 2 palsy of the abducent nerve; and 3 both oculomotor and abducent nerve palsies.
(5) The trigeminal and abducent nerves were attached to the trigeminal artery by a congenital membrane.
(6) The peripheral pathway of the proprioceptive fibres has been shown to be exclusively along the oculomotor, trochlear and abducent nerves which are therefore sensorimotor.
(7) were: trigeminium nerve, 7.8 mm; abducent n., 15.2 mm; hypoglossus n., 21.4 mm; and glossopharyngeal n., 5.3 mm.
(8) The labelled cells were smaller than motoneurons and located in partly overlapping areas along the dorsal border of the oculomotor nucleus, with the RITC labelled cerebellar projecting cells concentrated medially and the Fluoro-Gold labelled neurons projecting to the abducent nucleus concentrated laterally.
(9) We report a case of intracranial chordoma revealed by an isolated abducent nerve palsy in a 4 years old boy.
(10) Significant differences were found between nerves in relation to their large fibres: Those of the abducent nerve had significantly thicker sheaths, those of the oculomotor nerve had significantly smaller axon perimeters, and the myelin sheath-axon perimeter relationship of the abducent nerve differed significantly from that of the other two.
(11) The oculomotor, trochlear, and abducent nerves of the rat were examined since they each contain distinct large- and small-fibre classes and are similar in a wide range of anatomical and developmental respects.
(12) Casuistic report of a neurological complication (left Abducent palsy) after spinal anesthesia.
(13) The rather marked cerebellar projection of the abducent nucleus, especially to the flocculus, is of interest for the analysis of cerebellar control of eye movements in the macaque.
(14) On admission, consciousness disturbance, bilateral abducent nerve palsy, and left caudal cranial nerve palsy was observed.
(15) These cells were more frequent in the middle part of the sinus and in the vicinity of the internal carotid artery and abducent nerve.
(16) This lesion involves the facial nerve nucleus, the abducent nerve, and the corticospinal tract.
(17) Lateral to the intracavernous segment of ICA 10-150 scattered or aggregated VIP- and ChAT-positive cells were found, with fiber connections to the ophthalmic nerve, the ICA, the abducent nerve and the sphenopalatine ganglion.
(18) In addition, parasympathetic and sensory fibers leave the confluence zone to follow the abducent and trochlear nerves backward to the basilar artery and tentorium cerebelli, respectively.
(19) The present findings demonstrate that oculomotor neurons projecting to the feline cerebellum and abducent nucleus represent separate cell populations.
(20) The amount present is variable; (4) the horizontal section of the internal carotid artery within the cavernous sinus runs a variable course in relation to the hypophysis and the lateral dural wall; (5) the oculomotor nerve lies within a meningeal envelope as far anteriorly as the tip of the anterior clinoid process; (6) the ophthalmic nerve communicates with the oculomotor, trochlear, and abducent nerves in the anterior part of the cavernous sinus; (7) the abducent nerve may lie within a meningeal envelope in the posterior part of the cavernous sinus; (8) the greater part of the sympathetic nerve plexus around the vertical part of the internal carotid artery passes into the abducent and ophthalmic nerves.
Abduct
Definition:
(v. t.) To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
(v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
(2) Dislocation of the endoprosthesis was found in the 15 hands with unimproved abduction.
(3) Five cases of bilateral abduction contracture of the shoulder in adults including the first case of bilateral abduction contractures of shoulder and hip plus bilateral flexion contracture of elbow and extension contracture of a knee are reported.
(4) Abducting saccades, which were slightly hypometric, displayed a marked postsaccadic centripetal drift.
(5) Global 'abnormality', hunching (rigid arching of back), hindlimb abduction, forepaw myoclonus, stereotyped lateral head movements, backing, and immobility occurred significantly only in drug-treated rats.
(6) Duane's retraction syndrome is a congenital eye movement disorder characterized by a deficiency of abduction, mild limitation of adduction, with retraction and narrowing of the palpebral fissure on attempted adduction.
(7) The purpose of this study was to test for differences in the maximal isometric hip abduction torque produced between hip sides across multiple hip abduction angles.
(8) After training, this abduction-adduction asymmetry was preserved in the light and dark with monocular or dichoptic viewing, indicating again that all adaptive changes were conjugate.
(9) Between 1972 and 1985, 17 people were abducted, sometimes tortured, then killed and buried.
(10) The recommended position is 25 degrees to 40 degrees abduction, 20 degrees to 30 degrees flexion, and 25 degrees to 30 degrees of internal rotation.
(11) Data are also presented that indicate a mediation program may be effective in preventing some cases of parental child abduction.
(12) It is characterized by a nonprogressive bilateral facial paralysis, the inability of the eyes to abduct beyond the midline, orofacial anomalies, limb deficiencies, and an absence or hypoplasia of the pectoral muscles.
(13) Mz' was greatest in magnitude during the first half of support, when it acted in a direction resisting foot abduction, a component of pronation.
(14) This reinforces our initial findings that it is indeed feasible to pace vocal cord abduction in bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis with resultant return of physiologic normality to the glottis.
(15) The abduction early Thursday comes amid anger among Libya's powerful Islamic militant groups over the US special forces raid on Saturday that seized a Libyan al-Qaida suspect known as Abu Anas al-Libi.
(16) I do still believe he was abducted,” Angela Gui said by phone from the UK.
(17) Among the secret papers about their abduction that were discovered during the Libyan revolution was a signed letter from the then head of counter-terrorism at MI6, Mark Allen , in which he boasted of his agency's role in one of the operations.
(18) Optic atrophy was present in six patients, nystagmus in three, blepharoptosis in one, cataract in one, and limitation on abduction in one.
(19) The US said it had removed North Korea – once a member of George Bush's axis of evil – from the terror list to breathe life into the stalled nuclear negotiations and would continue to pressure Pyongyang to resolve the abduction issue.
(20) Dislocation of the talonavicular joint is rare, caused by severe abduction or adduction of the forefoot.