What's the difference between between and intercrural?

Between


Definition:

  • (prep.) In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
  • (prep.) Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
  • (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
  • (prep.) Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
  • (prep.) With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.
  • (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
  • (n.) Intermediate time or space; interval.

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Intercrural


Definition:

  • (a.) Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A comfortable gap between the wall of the artery and the sides of the intercrural foramen is maintained that most likely facilitates the attenuation of potentially disruptive low-frequency vibrations produced by the arterial pressure pulse.
  • (2) They were identified both deep in the intercrural sulcus, and in the posterior superior fissure.
  • (3) Distal urethral mobilization and incision of the intercrural septum provided adequate urethral length for tension-free anastomosis.
  • (4) In about half the cases the abuse consisted of vaginal penetration or intercrural rubbing.
  • (5) In 13 infants with indwelling umbilical artery catheter and normal angiographic findings in both legs, blood-pressure differences were similarly low in a majority of the infants, but in three of these intercrural differences of 15-20 mmHg were found.
  • (6) Rostrally, this discontinuity between vermis and hemisphere occupies a position corresponding to the intercrural sulcus of the ansiform lobule of other mammals.
  • (7) A majority of gay men, believe it or not, do not engage in anal sex; fellatio, mutual masturbation, frot, intercrural sex, are the choice activities of most of them – me included.
  • (8) Beyond a certain body size, the stapedial artery can no longer function as the sole supplier to its original territory because the diameter of its stem is limited by the size of the intercrural foramen of the stapes, which exhibits strong negative allometry.
  • (9) Histological examination has revealed that the response areas extend longitudinally from the dorsal surface of crus II to the ventral surface of crus I in the intercrural sulcus, and from the rostral surface of crus I to the caudal surface of lobulus simplex in the posterior superior fissure.
  • (10) Intercrural systolic blood-pressure differences did not exceed 10 mmHg in 22 healthy infants who were term, pre-term or small for their gestational age (three); as measured simultaneously in both legs with 3-cm wide thigh cuffs and mercury-in-silastic strain gauges around the calves.
  • (11) Resting and submaximal arterial leg blood-flow, measured with venous occlusion plethysmography, showed larger intercrural differences than blood-pressure, and did not add further information.
  • (12) A subdivision into the simple lobule (VI and HVI), ansiform and paramedian lobule (HVII) and vermal lobule VII is proposed for this region, which accounts for the position of this cortexless area in the intercrural sulcus.

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