(a.) Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations.
Example Sentences:
(1) The typical findings have been related to their anatomical localisation and frequency.
(2) Some common eye movement deficits, and concepts such as 'the neural integrator' and the 'velocity storage mechanism', for which anatomical substrates are still sought, are introduced.
(3) Examination of the SON in such animals revealed that the oxytocinergic system is already modified by day 12 of dioestrus; during suckling-induced lactation, the anatomical changes are identical to those seen during a normal post-partum lactation.
(4) Anatomic and roentgenographic criteria used for the assessment of reduction in ankle fractures are highlighted in this review of ankle trauma.
(5) An anatomic study of the peroneal artery and vein and their branches was carried out on 80 adult cadaver legs.
(6) The present study was done in order to document the ability of the eighth cranial nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) to regenerate, the anatomic characteristics of the regenerated fibers, and the specificity of projections from individual endorgan branches of the nerve.
(7) The anatomic and functional development of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) was studied in the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica.
(8) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(9) Some fundamentals of the causes of diagnostic errors depending upon anatomophysiological and topographo-anatomical peculiarities of woman's organism are given.
(10) Nonetheless, anatomical continuity was restored at the site of injury, axons projected across this region, and rostral spinal and brainstem neurons could be retrogradely labelled following HRP injections administered caudal to the lesion.
(11) Although no anatomical 'barrier' has been described, it has been suggested that the gel mucus and epithelial phospholipids are constituents.
(12) Precise excision of the masses was thus accomplished and functional and aesthetic reconstruction aided by the conservation of normal anatomical structures.
(13) Even if it does not always provide the solution to a particularly delicate problem, which is often of vital importance, it provides data which, modifiable and better used, should provide an adequate notion of the anatomical and physiopathological state in aortic stenosis.
(14) This is due to the fact that the SPECT images contain more anatomical and physiological information than similar planar images.
(15) Because of the wide range of human nasal anatomic configurations, some people sniff odorants against comparatively high resistances.
(16) The anatomic information provided by aortography was of great value in the surgical management of patients with AAA, but aortography was of limited value in accurate measurement and should not be employed for this purpose.
(17) But leading British doctors Sarah Creighton , consultant gynaecologist at the private Portland Hospital, Susan Bewley , consultant obstetrician at St Thomas's and Lih-Mei Liao , clinical psychologist in women's health at University College Hospital then wrote to the journal countering that his clitoral restoration claims were "anatomically impossible".
(18) This contrasts sharply with the reduction in both the frequency and surface area of sensory neuron active zones that accompanies long-term habituation, and suggests that modulation of active zone number and size may be an anatomical correlate that lies in the long-term domain.
(19) This contrasted sharply with the markedly increased occurrences of anatomic abnormalities in these body regions of the sirenomelia and VATER patients.
(20) We describe a computer program for stereotactic surgery planning based on multimodality imaging and the display of intracranial EEG data in relation to anatomical data.
Myotomy
Definition:
(n.) The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fourteen patients were examined one to four years after cricopharyngeal myotomy that had been carried out because of dysfunction of the pharyngo-esophageal sphincter.
(2) To improve the slightly disappointing voice rehabilitation results of the myotomized laryngectomees, a modified myotomy is proposed.
(3) In addition, we performed cricopharyngeal myotomy to prevent postoperative deglutition disorders.
(4) Combined medical treatment with amiodarone and diltiazem proved to be an effective alternative to surgical myotomy of the bridge.
(5) Although the operative technique for longitudinal ileal myotomy has the benefit of simplicity compared with construction of an ileal reservoir, the latter techniques, which have been used clinically on an extensive basis, are more likely to produce a consistent distension that is suitable for fecal storage.
(6) This finding is of relevance to the controversy surrounding cricopharyngeal myotomy in combination with pouch excision.
(7) Nineteen cases with major resections of the head and neck were treated with laryngeal suspension and cricopharyngeal myotomy in an attempt to allow swallowing function postoperatively and avoid a total laryngectomy.
(8) One of the myotomy wounds was filled with yellow-green material that extended from the base of the tail along the ventrolateral aspect of the rectum and into the peritoneal cavity.
(9) The authors found that having an endoscope in the esophagus during the operation facilitated exposure and was vital to determine the appropriate length of the myotomy.
(10) The procedure used restricted the myotomy to the diseased portion of the esophagus, as demonstrated manometrically.
(11) In one case there was, however, marked dyskinesia, requiring further myotomy.
(12) Three infants born with esophageal atresia that was repaired by end-to-end anastomosis combined with a circular myotomy on the upper segment are reported.
(13) Usually, a repeat myotomy was performed via an abdominal approach if the initial Heller's operation proved a failure, or via a thoracic approach if extensive motor disorders were discovered at manometry.
(14) Treatment, which may be simple excision or myotomy, does not correct the basic motor abnormality that is often associated with the diverticulum.
(15) The importance of the inferior myotomy for speech restoration in total laryngectomized patients following not only primary techniques (speech restoration by tracheo-esophageal puncture during total laryngectomy) but also secondary punctures, is well documented.
(16) The authors tested echocardiography as a method of guiding myotomy, and observed its clinical usefulness as a safe surgical procedure for IHSS.
(17) If healing proved to be satisfactory the procedure might eliminate the need for primary or secondary myotomy or pharyngeal plexus neurectomy to facilitate tracheoesophageal speech.
(18) Clinical improvement in 4 of 5 patients who underwent UES myotomy for severe intractable dysphagia did not always correlate with improvement in manometric and cine studies.
(19) The results of myotomy in children with achalasia are satisfactory but a significant number may develop gastro-oesophageal reflux.
(20) From initial attempts to eliminate the outflow tract obstruction by myotomy, the subvalvular myectomy was developed in which an about 1 cm wide section of muscle is resected; this procedure can be carried out from a transaortic, transatrial or transventricular approach [4, 9, 21, 22, 24, 38, 39, 47].