(n.) A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.
(v. t.) To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
(v. t.) To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
(v. i.) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
(v. i.) To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subsequently, the study of bundle branch block and A-V block cases revealed that no explicit correlation existed between histopathological changes and functional disturbances nor between disturbances in conduction (i.e.
(2) The bundles may lie parallel to the plasma membrane and to the long axis of the cell.
(3) The pattern of results is consistent with a role for the dorsal bundle in attentional processes but appears to contradict the predictions required if the dorsal bundle were to have a role in frustrative nonreward.
(4) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(5) In the case with a more distally situated VSD, the bundle branches skirted the anterior and distal walls of the defect.
(6) These early hyperplastic lesions revealed stellate-shaped dilated bile canaliculi lined by blebs and abnormally thick elongated microvilli, a decreased number of microvilli on the sinusoidal surface, a marked increase in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, large nucleoli, and bundles of pericanalicular microfilaments.
(7) Three cases with intermittent left bundle branch block were studied by means of an intracavitary electrode, which allowed the potential of the bundle of His to be measured, and was also used for the extrastimulus method of study.
(8) The behavior of the retrograde H deflection in respect to the first extra beat following the premature QRS complex helped in excluding bundle branch reentry.
(9) Terminal forces directed posteriorly and to the right and with a delay no longer than 0,03 inches do not warrant the diagnosis of left anterior hemiblock with a right bundle branch block associated.
(10) Thinning of the dermis and the arrangement of collagen in parallel bundles appear to be constant findings.
(11) 75% of Bundles site traffic is coming from returning users."
(12) A few fibers of the lateral bundle also display these morphological and histochemical properties.
(13) The drug did, however, prolong atrio-ventricular conduction distal to the bundle of His in all ten subjects by an average of 6 msec.
(14) All 3 mesencephalo-hypothalamic projections had largely disappeared by GD 20 and were no longer detectable as distinct fiber bundles thereafter.
(15) A patient with hypertensive heart disease, in whom atrial premature beats with a decrease in the amplitude and widening of his bundle potential, prolongation of the H-V interval, and right bundle branch block pattern suggested intrahisian longitudinal dissociation, is described.
(16) The kainate and quisqualate types of excitatory amino acid receptor were visualized autoradiographically in brain sections from rats kindled by stimulating the angular bundle.
(17) Although programmed stimulation in survivors of anterior myocardial infarction complicated by bundle branch block may identify a high risk subgroup, a prospective randomized trial is required to define the utility of more aggressive stimulation protocols following NASPE recommendations, to identify subgroups of patients in whom newer therapeutic interventions, including antiarrhythmic agents, electrical devices and surgery may be indicated.
(18) These factors include narrowing of septal arteries and the artery to the atrioventricular node, preservation of fetal anatomy with dispersion in the atrioventricular node and His bundle, fibrosis of the sinus node, clefts in the septum, multiple atrioventricular pathways and massive myocardial infarction.
(19) In vivo, IB4 immunoreactivity was detected only in lipid-containing cells, whereas immunofluorescence using CB6 was also detectable around muscle fiber bundles underlying the subcutaneous mesenchyme.
(20) His bundle recordings and premature atrial stimulation from coronary sinus, mid-right atrium and high-right atrium were performed in a patient with repetitive supraventricular tachycardias.
Fibrocartilage
Definition:
(n.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the capsule of the fibrocartilage cells, parallel orientated filaments exhibit a periodical arrangement.
(2) Findings at surgery included chondromalacia of the ulnar head (19), tears of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (11), and excessive mobility of the ulnar head (10).
(3) By 16 weeks, fibrocartilage had filled the void in the curetted disc spaces.
(4) In the control males given the vehicle alone, the proximal segment of the os penis, composed of a compact cell mass found at day 0, developed at 5 days into the membrane bone with bone marrow and hyaline cartilage; the distal segment, composed of mesenchymatous cells until 10 days, developed at 30 days into fibrocartilage characterized by a distribution of type I collagen.
(5) Thus, fibrocartilage is least conspicuous where there is little motility near an attachment site.
(6) Interactions among the important constituents of the fibrocartilage matrix cause meniscal tissue to behave as a fiber-reinforced, porous, permeable composite material similar to articular cartilage, in which frictional drag caused by fluid flow governs its response to dynamic loading.
(7) Transverse loading tests demonstrated that the triangular fibrocartilage is less stiff in neutral forearm rotation.
(8) Finally, the cells are once transformed in cartilage cells with a small reticulum or cells of fibrocartilage with a capsule and a decreased cytoplasm; some cells are disintegrated.
(9) A positive correlation was found between radiographic abnormalities (ie enlargement of the nutrient foramina) and the frequency of thinning of the fibrocartilage.
(10) Calcified fibrous tissue or calcified fibrocartilage sometimes contributes to the thickening of enlarged styloid processes.
(11) Removal of the articular disc portion of the triangular fibrocartilage complex decreased the load on the intact ulna from 18.4% to 6.2%.
(12) The physis of the tibial tuberosity is composed primarily of fibrocartilage and fibrous tissue, with bone being added to the anterior portion of the tibial metaphysis by membranous bone formation.
(13) A case is described in which a new arthroplasty material-glutaraldehyde treated bovine fibrocartilage-was used as a spacer to restore carpal height.
(14) At operation, synovectomy, excision of osteochondral bodies, and removal of the entire triangular fibrocartilage complex was done.
(15) Abnormalities that can be detected include interosseous ligament tears, capsular tears, triangular fibrocartilage perforations and separations, cartilaginous defects, loose bodies, and synovial abnormalities including adhesive capsulitis.
(16) Defects of the triangular fibrocartilage and lesions of the articular cartilage, including loose bodies, are detectable and easily treated with wrist arthroscopy.
(17) The microvascular anatomy of the triangular fibrocartilage complex was investigated in 10 cadaver specimens by histology and tissue clearing (Spalteholz) techniques.
(18) The matched ulna resection maintains the continuity of the distal ulna to the ulnar sling mechanism, including the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC), and resects the distal ulna in a smooth, curved, convex fashion to match the contour of the radius throughout forearm rotation.
(19) The comparison related to chronological age documented a morphologic change of the greater tuberosity and progressive degeneration of all elements of the tendinous structures with progressive (1) osteitis of the greater tuberosity, cystic degeneration, and irregularity of the cortical margin; (2) degenerative sulcus between the greater tuberosity and the articular surface; (3) disruption of the integrity of the attachment of the tendon to the bone by Sharpey's fibers; (4) loss of cellularity, loss of staining quality, and fragmentation of the tendon; (5) diminution of the vascularity of the tendon; and (6) diminution of fibrocartilage.
(20) Neovascularization, occurring at the edges of fibrocartilage fragments, was present in 50% of prolapsed disk specimens and in none of the control autopsy disks (p = 0.0004).