(n.) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.
(n.) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.
(n.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
(n.) An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.
Example Sentences:
(1) This article presents the author's preferred technique for reconstructing the auricle, simultaneously using Mustarde's mattress sutures, Cochrane's anterior scoring of the antihelix, and the approximating of the concha to the mastoid.
(2) Analogous results were obtained in semithin sections of GMA-embedded auricles stained by the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) technique.
(3) The influence of electrolyte composition and glucose concentration of a cryoprotective medium on the survival of auricle fragments from adult rat hearts after storage at -196 degrees C was investigated.
(4) Microangiopathic changes were observed on the material obtained by skin biopsy of the auricle and the reason for selecting this localization was explained.
(5) 74 rat incisor odontogenic organs were autotransplanted intradermally into the auricle.
(6) Therefore, lg1 mutant sectors not only fail to induce ligule and auricle, but are also disrupting some form of intercellular communication that is necessary for the normally coordinated development of the ligular region.
(7) The patient has a typical saddle nose and drooping auricles.
(8) In 135 patients with mitral stenosis of the III and IV stages oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria of the left cardiac auricle was studied by the polarographic method.
(9) Besides the negative inotropic action of ethanol on cardiac muscle, this paper describes also an "indirect effect" which appears when the ethanol treated isolated strip auricle preparation is washed with low Ca Tyrode solution.
(10) In our histological examination of 42 ears (auricles) which were taken from 18 fetus and three adults, the intracartilaginous fibrous tissue with blood vessels and lymphatics were found in 12 ears and interruption of the auricular cartilage in 22 ears.
(11) This presentation will review two such cases as well as give an overview of the embryogenesis and teratogenesis of the auricle.
(12) In 1952, Goldenhar described a pair of monozygotic twins who were discordant for epibulbar dermoids, auricular appendages, malformations of the auricle, and hemifacial microsomia.
(13) Normal LE rats had low levels of left ventricular ANP mRNA and barely detectable ANP mRNA in the right ventricle, DI rats showed a 3-fold greater ANP mRNA concentration in the left ventricle than age-matched LE controls, and ANP mRNA levels were also increased in the left auricle of DI rats.
(14) (1) The increase in plasma ANF during volume expansion is not impaired in SHR with newly established hypertension; (2) captopril treatment decreases afterload and the changes in left ventricular end diastolic pressure during volume expansion in SHR, without affecting plasma ANF increases; (3) both the auricles, but not the ventricles, contribute to enhanced ANF secretion caused by acute volume expansion in SHR and WKY rats.
(15) The highest potassium decrease was observed in the left ventricle and right auricle.
(16) Biopsies of right auricle of human heart have been obtained during open heart surgery from 6 patients aged 23 to 49.
(17) Engel (1966) was the first to report a series of pseudocysts of the auricle in Chinese.
(18) A linear skin incision was made, beginning behind the auricle and extending along the anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and the sternocleidomastoid muscle was divided just below the tip of the mastoid process.
(19) 1) auricles on the posterior segment were absent, 2) five pairs of eyes were present in the anterior segments with the eye pairs 3 and 4 separated by an annulus, and 3) teeth were not observed, this specimen was identified as Dinobdella ferox.
(20) The effect of Na and K ions on active Na transport was studied in guinea-pig auricles by means of flame photometry.
Auricular
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
(a.) Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
(a.) Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
(a.) Received by the ear; known by report.
(a.) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clonidine and methysergide constrict the rabbit auricular artery by activating smooth muscle alpha-adrenoceptors.
(2) In the observation of the serial sections, capillary plexuses were able to be confirmed along the periphery, very close to the auricular cartilage.
(3) One case with embolic cardiac infarction is described, that had developed in a patient with mitral-aortic valvular defect with auricular fibrillation and simultaneous embolic dissemination in the right middle cerebral and superior mesenteric arteries.
(4) The small part of the flap that passed underneath the auricular skin or through the auricular cartilage is deepithelialized.
(5) Seven peripheral vein sites were successfully venipunctured in unanaesthetized chinchillas: the femoral, cephalic, auricular, saphenous, dorsalis penis, lateral abdominal and tail veins.
(6) Histologic study showed that the growth of transplanted auricular cartilage is achieved jointly by two mechanisms, namely interstitial growth and appositional growth.
(7) Viable auricular cartilage was found in all grafted joints.
(8) In the region of sacroiliac articulation are the highest subchondral densities, both at the cranial and caudal edges, whereas the central part of the two auricular surfaces is less heavily mineralized.
(9) The technique consists of wide undermining of supranasal and paranasal skin, use of composite auricular grafts from the ear to lengthen the upper lateral cartilages, use of a chondromucosal septal flap for lengthening the septum, and postoperative downward taping to assure adequate stretching of dorsal skin for the first-stage procedure.
(10) The drop of T3 may play a part also in the antiarrhythmic action of amiodarone in the treatment of auricular fibrillation.
(11) Comparisons are made to intracellular binding in chondrocytes of tracheal, articular, and auricular cartilage.
(12) Application of a sensitizing dose of DNFB to the ear resulted in a significant increase in the number of cells recovered from the draining auricular and cervical lymph nodes, 4 and 6 days post sensitization.
(13) Through electroencephalographic recording of an experimentally induced epileptic seizure, existence of the "auricular reflex epilepsy" described in about 30 reports dating from the past century is now objectively demonstrated.
(14) From the various parts of the sacrum (body, facets, alae and laminae) distinct sets of trabeculae extend towards the auricular surface.
(15) The damaged inferior alveolar nerve of rabbit was repaired with autogenous ipsilateral greater auricular nerve grafting primarily and secondarily, and electrophysiological, ultrastructural, microvascular and histochemical investigations were performed in this study.
(16) The results support earlier morphological findings, indicating that perichondrium from rib cartilage has a better ability to regenerate than auricular perichondrium.
(17) Corporeal acupuncture (CA), intal specific hyposensitization (SH) increased 100 times the resistance to allergens; auricular acupuncture (AA), combination of CA with intal increased it 100-fold; SH and CA 1000-fold.
(18) A superior salivary nucleus, a root, pterygopalatine, submandibular, sublingual and auricular (in man) parasympathetic ganglia of the head, peripheral branches.
(19) According to the results of electrocardiogram patients were subdivided into 4 groups: normal electrocardiogram, isolated left auricular hypertrophy (LAH), isolated left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and major ST-T wave changes.
(20) The presence of the posterior auricular myogenic reflex was infectigated in healthy subjects.