What's the difference between alar and armpit?

Alar


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to, or having, wings.
  • (a.) Axillary; in the fork or axil.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the infant and small child, when most repairs are done, nose tip projection is due more to the alar dome component than to the columella.
  • (2) We conclude that the alar plate of the prosencephalon at 7-10 stage is not definitively determined and may retain an ability to differentiate into the optic tectum, whereas the prospective fate of the rhombencephalon has already been determined at 7-10 stage.
  • (3) Functional loss of the alar ligaments indicates a potential for instability which, however, must be determined in conjunction with other clinical findings, such as neurological dysfunction, pain and deformity.
  • (4) Conflicting guidelines for excisions about the alar base led us to develop calibrated alar base excision, a modification of Weir's approach.
  • (5) After transection of the left alar ligament, the percentage increases in neutral zones (NZ) and ranges of motion (ROM) were documented at both the C0-1 and C1-2 joints.
  • (6) For the same joint, cutting of the left alar ligament resulted in a significant increase in neutral zone in right lateral bending but not in left lateral bending, whereas there were no significant increases in the ranges of motion.
  • (7) The CD system using sacral pedicle and alar screws in the adult patient does not appear to offer advantages over alternative techniques for achieving arthrodesis to the sacrum for adult deformity.
  • (8) Comparing right and left axial rotations, after transection of the left alar ligament, showed greater percentage increases for the right, as compared to the left, axial rotation, at both C0-C1 and C1-C2 joints.
  • (9) In this case, there was bony avulsion of the alar ligament from the occipital condyle.
  • (10) In such cases, full-thickness resection of the alar bases is necessary.
  • (11) In the craniocervical joint, the alar and transverse ligaments provide much of the stability of the healthy spine.
  • (12) The removal of ear cartilage is performed via a posterior approach for the concha cartilage associated with a septum or an alar cartilage removal.
  • (13) Both the transverse and the alar ligaments consist of collagen fibers, with very few elastic fibers in the peripheral layer.
  • (14) Ruptures of the alar ligaments were typically involved in extended ruptures of the ligamentous apparatus (see Figure 6a involving the ligamentum apicis dentis, ligamentum transversum atlantis, m.atlanto-occipitalis anterior, m.tectoria, m.atlanto-axialis anterior et posterior).
  • (15) Where the inferior view shows a "tent tip" skyline, lateral crus advancement is required and can be achieved in asynchronous repairs by Pigott alar leapfrog at primary repair or by Potter V-Y advancement at the time of forked flap columella lengthening.
  • (16) Results of directly excising the alar rim and its indications are presented with adequate follow-up.
  • (17) This result does not agree with the long-held hypothesis that axial rotation is limited only by the alar on the side opposite rotation.
  • (18) The facial artery terminated as an angular facial artery in 34 (68%), a lateral nasal vessel in 13 (26%), and a superior labial vessel in 2 (4%); in 1 (2%) the facial artery terminated at the alar base.
  • (19) The purpose of this in vitro experimental study was to determine the role of alar ligaments in providing flexion, extension, and lateral bending stability to the upper cervical spine.
  • (20) Increases due to subsequent cutting of the right alar ligament were, on average, only 0.5 degrees and statistically not significant.

Armpit


Definition:

  • (n.) The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After surgery in the area of the armpit, and particularly after axillary lymphonodectomy during mastectomy, severe pain and paraesthesia can occur in the region of the medial and posterior side of the proximal upper arm.
  • (2) And all of it is completely wasted on the very people who can afford it; the ones who book into them not out of greed or even a tinge of hunger, but because they like the way the lighting flatters their complexion and the toiletries in the bogs make them smell like one of Dita Von Teese's freshly pampered armpits.
  • (3) All the fluids except armpit sweat and gastric juice contained two to five molecular sizes of IR-hEGF.
  • (4) The 3 cases with poor efficacy consisted of 1 case each of pneumonia complicated with chronic granulomatosis, purulent thyroiditis associated with piriform recess fistula, and purulent lymphadenitis of armpit developed after surgical operation of congenital heart disease.
  • (5) I've given this some thought, and I think the only thing more risky than whistling during a live performance is doing armpit farts during a performance.
  • (6) In a randomized, double-blind, half-sided experiment, 30 volunteers were treated in both armpits with aluminium chloride hexahydrate 25% in ethanol.
  • (7) I watched and can still remember his grimace of discomfort as the needle tore into the soft, unmarked skin beside his armpit.
  • (8) Sue Deans, a 69-year-old retired teacher and mother of three, was first diagnosed in 2000 with malignant melanoma after the doctor removed a mole and re-diagnosed in 2007 after she discovered a lump under her armpit.
  • (9) The case history bears on two histologically verified lymphangioma -- in the first case of the soft parts of the right leg, in the second of the soft part of the left thoracic wall, the armpit and the mediastinum.
  • (10) The day: night cycle was 16:8 and ambient temperature 20-22 degrees C. Skin temperature (ST) in the ankle area and body temperature (BT) in the armpit were measured by thermistors every 16 min during 14 days.
  • (11) It's a reaction to the fact that a lot of people think feminism is very dull: old, ugly women who haven't had a man for many years [she pulls a sour face], hairy arms [she mimes pulling hair out of her armpits] and hating men, no sexuality.
  • (12) After the nerve was sectioned, there was increasing anesthesia in the armpit and hypoesthesia on the posterointernal face of the arm, while for the patients in whom the intercostobrachial nerve remained intact, these alterations were less intense and long-lasting.
  • (13) The degenerative alterations of the big joints and the spine are of a special interest as well as the changes in urine, ear and nose cartilages, scleras and the skin in the armpits.
  • (14) In order to neutralize pH and thus reduce the skin irritation, post-treatment was performed in one armpit with triethanolamine 50% in ethanol.
  • (15) Mónica Spear was hit several times through the armpit during the roadside assault.
  • (16) It's the star attraction of Georgia's beloved Redneck Games , alongside events such as the Armpit Serenade and Bobbin' For Pigs' Feet.
  • (17) The surface temperature of various organs including the liver and the armpit skeletal muscle were monitored with a special mercury thermometer through a narrow hole on the skin cut with scalpel.
  • (18) They come into the room and one plays on the floor with the laundry basket, while the other climbs into the middle of the bed, nuzzles into his father's armpit. "
  • (19) I mean, she could just be a massive James Corden fan, but ... TJ Updated at 6.55pm GMT 6.20pm GMT Calvin Harris closes down the armpit party.
  • (20) This simple method is also suitable for patients with scar contracture of armpit, anterior chest and lower lip.

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