(1) The perinatal development of the levator ani (LA) muscle in male and female rats was investigated by measuring the total number of muscle units (MU) (i.e., mononucleate cells, clustered or independent myotubes, and muscle fibers) in transverse semithin sections of the entire muscle and the MU cross-sectional area in 22-day-old fetuses (F22), 1-day-old (D1 = day of birth), 3-day-old (D3), and 6-day-old (D6) newborns.
(2) A series of biochemical and behavioral experiments tested the hypothesis that anisomycin (ANI), a protein synthesis inhibitor, produced decrements in long-term memory by raising free tyrosine levels and by the accumulation of catecholamines (CAs) rather than by its primary effect on protein synthesis.
(3) The importance of the m. canalis ani and of the hitherto unknown transsphincteric course of the blood reflux from the arterially supplied corpus cavernosum for the pathogenesis of the hemorrhoidal disease as the adequate therapy are delineated.
(4) The close anatomical relation between the posterior portion of the muscle and the obturator internus suggests that the latter may play a role in supporting the weak posterior portion of the levator ani, especially during straining positions associated with lateral rotation at both hips.
(5) When ANI was given after training, it was not effective.
(6) The "startle response" ap peared earlier in the experimental ani mals, as did the development and re sponse of the electroencephalogram to novel stimuli.
(7) The authors present two cases of idiopathic pruritus ani in the same family in which psychological factors seem to play an etiological role.
(8) Control groups received either saline or ANI either 3 hours before or 3 hours after the beginning of the PS window.
(9) Demonstration of the levator ani muscle is important in evaluating children with anorectal anomalies.
(10) The sexually dimorphic spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) innervates the bulbocavernosus (BC) and levator ani (LA), striated perineal muscles.
(11) A European arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday for Tunisian citizen Anis Amri, 24, two days after the attack in which at least 12 people were killed and dozens of others were injured.
(12) In all cases the ANIs function as ambient electrophiles which can undergo both electrostatic and covalent binding with nucleophilic centers of proteins and DNA bases.
(13) The M. canalis ani is located inside of the M. sphincter ani internus and reaches through the spatium submucosum et subcutaneum of the analcanal.
(14) In addition, the blood supply may be more compromised by contusion of the vessels passing vertically through the muscle fibers of the sphincter ani internus muscle during increased sphincter tone.
(15) In Group 4, 47 surgical patients without pruritus ani were treated for benign (9) and malignant (38) non-proctological diseases.
(16) Two surgical techniques were used--either a direct repair of the anal sphincter or a postanal repair of the levator ani muscles and external sphincter (Parks operation).
(17) During the last 4 years three so-called spontaneous perforations of the oesophagus were treated, twice by surgical intervention 12 anys after the rupture.
(18) Ani significantly effected on arrhythmias induced by early coronary artery ligation in rats by reducing total numbers of ectopic beats and shortening the duration of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation 30 min after coronary ligation.
(19) Forty-five patients with levator syndrome were treated by high voltage electrogalvanic stimulation of the levator ani by means of an intra-anal probe.
(20) 11am: In Hull, striking presenters play a pre-recorded radio station "Strike FM" on the picket line, accomp-anied by a Dalek.
Cuckoo
Definition:
(n.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.
Example Sentences:
(1) Should it all go wrong, I can't see further than Dance of the Cuckoos , personally.
(2) The maximum catalytic activities of PFK (PPi) in apex, stele and cortex of the root of pea (Pisum sativum) and in the developing and the thermogenic club of the spadix of cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum) were measured and compared with those of phosphofructokinase, and to estimates of the rates of carbohydrate oxidation.
(3) Britain has lost almost half of its cuckoos in the last two decades and the population of the birds is continuing to decline steadily.
(4) The aggregation of melanosomes within melanophores of the cuckoo wrasse (Labrus ossifagus; belonging to the family Labridae) has, on pharmacological grounds, been shown to be mediated by postsynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptors which in turn act via an inhibitory control of adenylate cyclase.
(5) Other migrants that spend winter in Africa, such as cuckoos, whinchats and spotted flycatchers, are being found in the UK at half the number they were two decades ago.
(6) The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday September 10 2006 In the article below we say Margaret Thatcher once offered the opinion that anyone who believed the African National Congress would ever rule South Africa was living in 'cloud-cuckoo-land'.
(7) There were many young, disillusioned heroes being studied in the early 60s, Meursault in Camus's The Outsider , McMurphy in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye .
(8) The latest free school applications to win approval from the government include All Saints school in Reading; Cuckoo Hall school in Enfield, north London; Sandbach school in Cheshire; and the Bradford free school group.
(9) Golden Globes v Oscars But just how faithful the converts proved couldn’t quite be predicted: the film took seven gongs over the evening (best song, best score, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best actress, best comedy or musical ), beating the likes of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to make new record.
(10) X-band electron-paramagnetic-resonance spectroscopy at 4.2--77K combined with measurements of oxidation-reduction potential was used to identify iron--sulphur centres in Arum maculatum (cuckoo-pint) mitochondria.
(11) Comparison with other avian hemoglobins shows residues alpha 21, alpha 30, alpha 96, alpha 110, and alpha 114 as being specific to Cuckoo.
(12) Last year after Rowling was revealed to be the author of the first Galbraith novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, the novel became Amazon’s top seller.
(13) I’ve seen injured eagles, birds of prey and cuckoos.” The legality of spring hunting gave hunters cover to illegally hunt other birds with abandon, Micklewright said.
(14) GPS tracking is being used to study migration routes of cuckoos.
(15) BBC3 controller Zai Bennett said: "Cuckoo was one of BBC3's most stand-out comedies, so I'm delighted to welcome it back with the addition of superstar Taylor Lautner joining the critically acclaimed Greg Davies and an outstanding British comedy cast for what will be one of the comedy treats of the year."
(16) I really felt like the cuckoo in the nest, but I loved my glimpses of the wider world so much I never wanted to stop reading and learning more.
(17) The tonical cholinergic and adrenergic influence on the heart rate was investigated in vivo in seven species of marine teleosts (pollack, Pollachius pollachius; cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus; ballan wrasse, Labrus berggylta; five-bearded rockling, Ciliata mustela; tadpole fish, Raniceps raninus; eel-pout, Zoarces viviparus and short-spined sea scorpion, Myoxocephalus scor pius) during rest and, in two of the species (P. pollachius and L. mixtus), also during moderate swimming exercise in a Blazka-type swim tunnel.
(18) On the estate, from mid-spring to late summer, look out for cuckoos, blackcaps, swallows, swifts and chiffchaffs.
(19) You don't squeal with wonder just because someone's suddenly pulled a blanket over their head or crossed their eyes and said "cuckoo" in a silly voice.
(20) Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform thinktank says “the British people are living in cloud cuckoo land” about the economic impact.