(n.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself.
Example Sentences:
(1) The mean shortening was 3.1 cm, the mean varus or valgus deformity 9.5 degrees, the mean anteflexion or recurvation 8.3 degrees, and the mean rotation deformity 8.5 degrees.
(2) Anteflexion and retroflexion movements of the cervical spine were recorded cineradiographically during three measuring sessions to determine reproducibility as well as intraindividual and interindividual variability of segmental instantaneous centers of rotation (recorded as "averaged" and "standard").
(3) The incidence of disturbed anteflexion is found significant greater in patients than in controls.
(4) Furthermore, it could be considered that anterior shift of the dural sac at the time of head anteflexion plays an important role in the development of this internal vertebral venous plexus congestion in JM.
(5) The area of the dural sac increases during anteflexion and diminishes in retroflexion, as compared with the neutral position.
(6) His diplopia was most prominent in the left lower gaze, and partially alleviated by head tilt to the left or by anteflexion of the neck.
(7) Before this test the patient has to be turned over on to his side with hips flexed, which causes a ventral flexion (anteflexion) of the lumbosacral segment.
(8) Spontaneous anteflexion was awaited in all cases with retroflected pregnant uterus.
(9) Lordosification of the scoliotic spine is linked with restricted anteflexion.
(10) Anteflexion and ligament pain mainly due to faulty position at work and jolting.
(11) This technique was useful in eight technically difficult D&Es in the presence of acute retroflexion, acute anteflexion, cervical stenosis and lower uterine segment fibroids.
(12) The influence of maximum forced anteflexion at the craniocervical junction and rotation of the head on the relations of atlas and axis is demonstrated.
(13) Regular control examinations are necessary so that the lack of spontaneous anteflexion is not overlooked.
(14) The distinctive features of this syndrome include rigidity that is restricted to the axial muscles, impairment of neck extension greater than flexion, impairment of anteflexion at the waist, severe impairment of lateral flexion at both the waist and the neck, and, in one case, rigidity of proximal lower extremity muscles.
(15) For the experimental investigations the hip force FM was not only induced on the femora in orthograde direction but also in an inclination of 45 degrees of anteflexion of the femur as it appears during walking up stairs.
(16) The anteroposterior diameter of the dural sac on the myelograms in anteflexion and in retroflexion changes significantly, as compared with the neutral position, it increases during anteflexion and diminishes during retroflexion.
(17) In a few infrequently occurring movements no developmental trends could be observed (isolated leg movements, anteflexions of the head, yawns, stretches) whereas in some of the more frequently occurring movements a lower limit of the normal range could be defined.
(18) The purpose of the work was an analysis of lateral myelograms of the lumbosacral spine in the neutral position, in anteflexion and retroflexion from the aspect of the mobility of the dural sac and its relationship to the spinal canal.
(19) In anteflexion of the neck, the CSP decreased significantly, and even with inclination of the upper half of the body of only 15-20 degrees or more upward, negative pressure was observed in adults.
(20) Among 378 cases with a retroflected pregnant uterus which were followed to term, manual anteflexion became necessary in only one case.
Bending
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bend
(n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fifty-two pairs of canine femora were tested to failure in four-point bending.
(2) Think of Nelson Mandela – there is a determination, an unwillingness to bend in the face of challenges, that earns you respect and makes people look to you for guidance.
(3) This behavior consists of a very rapid bend of the body and tail that is thought to arise from the monosynaptic excitation of large primary motoneurons by the Mauthner cell.
(4) Intrinsic bending of the 527-bp fragment (bend center approximately at bp 240) was represented as a composite of at least two components located near bp 170 and near bp 260.
(5) We found that the Gallie system generally allowed significantly more rotation in flexion, extension, axial rotation, and lateral bending than the other three fixation techniques.
(6) After a hiatus, Smith is back with a flourish for her genre-bending new novel How to be Both , and David Mitchell has been longlisted for a third time, for The Bone Clocks .
(7) The developed apparatus included ultrasonic generators operating at a frequency of 0.5-3 MHz, piezoceramic radiators of various design providing the heating of an object with convergent, divergent and plane ultrasonic waves, thermoprobes in the form of single or multiple thermocouples with the bends from 5 points at a 5 mm distance from one another, temperature meters and various auxiliaries.
(8) Optical diffraction measurements on electron micrographs of the bend demonstrate that the axostyle tubules slide over one another and that the tubules on the inside of a bend usually contract, sometimes by as much as 25%.
(9) Temperature decline through the region of 10 degrees C caused a number of spermatozoa in buffer to undergo a sudden asymmetric bending of the flagellum in the region of the midpiece.
(10) This large increase in power output can be accommodated without an increase in metabolic rate only if internal viscous resistances to flagellar bending are relatively low.
(11) I was asked, as still the home secretary, would you bend on ID cards, and we'd put all our bits in, and we thought we could get a deal here.
(12) We measured the stiffness of comparable configurations (1 or 2 bars) under axial compression, four-point-bending in two planes, and torsion.
(13) The criteria of failure of pedicular instrumentation or "death" of an implant were defined as 1) screw bending, 2) screw breakage, 3) infection, 4) loosening of implants, 5) any rod or plate hardware problems, or 6) removal of hardware due to a neurologic complication.
(14) Static and fatigue testing of representative samples by the simultaneous application of compressive and bending loads to the maximum values specified by international standards exposed no failures by the time a million cycles had been reached.
(15) My Paul Nuttalls routine has floated back up the U-bend | Stewart Lee Read more Nuttall told Marr that “nothing should be a sacred cow in British politics.
(16) Using fluorescence energy transfer, the extent of DNA bending was estimated by measuring the end-to-end distance of the DNA fragment which was labeled with a donor-acceptor pair on two opposite ends.
(17) Future ice loss and bending of the crust due to rising sea levels have the potential ultimately to raise levels of both earthquake and volcanic activity.
(18) In addition, the ability to bend DNA is retained by a small proteolytic fragment of the protein, suggesting that the DNA-binding domain of the protein is resistant to proteases and is sufficient to bend DNA.
(19) As in our previous studies, the modulus of elasticity in bending was significantly less than the value obtained in tension for only the smaller cross-sectional wires.
(20) Assuming no future environmental or lifestyle changes, the upward trend in age-adjusted mortality rates, which averaged 2 to 3% per annum since 1950, is projected to discontinue and bend downward by the second decade of the 21st century.