(n.) The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.
(n.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The new feminine ideal is of egg-smooth perfection from hairline to toes," she writes, describing the exquisite agony of having her fingers, arms, back, buttocks and nostrils waxed.
(2) Employees who received the entire series in the arm or in the arm and buttock (mixed) had a significantly greater number of responders than employees who received the entire series in the buttock (P less than .05).
(3) A 25-year-old man on hemodialysis developed arthritis of 2 right metacarpophalangeal joints and a 65-year-old man on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis suffered from pain and tenderness in the left buttock.
(4) In the trunk, e.g., in the buttock and the breast, it is useful to reconstruct the natural convexity.
(5) A patient presenting with a draining sinus in the buttock, back pain, and a history of lumbar spinal fusion with Ostamer was recently scanned in our department.
(6) Prevention of sciatic injection neuropathy can best be accomplished by teaching that the injection should be made into the gluteal mass in the upper outer quadrant rather than the buttock, and that the needle should be introduced in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the bed when the patient is lying prone.
(7) With Osborne's right buttock approach, the gluteus maximus muscle was divided in the direction of its fibers, exposing a 3.5 by 5 cm aneurysm which was located above, the sciatic nerve and adherent to it.
(8) It was observed that isoproterenol, a beta-adrenergic receptor agonist, was not effective in augmentation of skin blood flow in the arterial buttock flaps.
(9) Twenty-four patients with a history of recurrent infection of perigenital sites (e.g., buttock, thigh) were exposed one to four times with 4 minimum erythema doses of UV light.
(10) The major findings include buttock tenderness extending from the sacrum to the greater trochanter and piriformis tenderness on rectal or pelvic examination.
(11) Diagnosis can be made only by open deep biopsy of the buttock mass, and, due to the low grade histologic appearance of the malignancy, an incorrect diagnosis is frequently made.
(12) In addition, all affected members show a characteristic pattern of cutaneous hyperpigmentation, which resembles macular amyloidosis around the neck and waist, but which confers a dappled appearance to the axillae, popliteal fossae, thighs, buttocks, and lower aspect of the abdomen.
(13) Using a pig model, 55 animals were operated on and the critical ischemia times and survival patterns of the buttock skin (n = 85) and latissimus dorsi myocutaneous (n = 88) island flaps were determined after being submitted to 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 hours of normothermic ischemia.
(14) Grouped patches of spinous papules are seen involving the elbows, knees, and buttocks.
(15) Extrapelvic spread of disease, particularly from gastrointestinal tract perforations which may be clinically occult, may first present in the buttock, hip, thigh, and even lower leg, and the extraperitoneal space of the abdomen itself.
(16) The implant has been used to reconstruct breasts following mastectomy (secondary reconstruction), at the time of mastectomy (primary reconstruction), following subcutaneous mastectomy, in Poland's syndrome, in breast augmentation, and even in buttocks asymmetry.
(17) Medial thigh, buttock, ankle, and facial suction emerged as the most difficult locations with regard to the results and complication rate.
(18) Slump-sit right knee extension (-15 degrees), right SLR (80 degrees coupled with dorsiflexion), and lumbar flexion (85% coupled with neck flexion) all continued to reproduce right buttock cramping and pain.
(19) Over the three-week period before presentation he also developed nodules on his wrist, abdomen, and buttocks.
(20) No.” As it is, Gareth Bale’s untimely buttock injury and Suárez’s lack of match fitness have postponed the ultimate in forward-line set-tos, but this is still Leo Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar against Karim Benzema, with Suárez, James Rodríguez, Ivan Rakitic and Toni Kroos all entering the frenzy for the first time.
Pelvis
Definition:
(n.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
(n.) The calyx of a crinoid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prompt diagnosis, in which timely diagnostic laparoscopy and ultrasound evaluation of the pelvis may be helpful, provides the opportunity for prompt laparotomy with untwisting of the torsion and stabilization of the adnexa by suture and cystectomy, if possible, extirpation if not.
(2) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
(3) A total of 400 patients with radiation injuries of the organs of the small pelvis were examined.
(4) The authors' experience suggests the following as the optimal follow-up: a) CT examination over a 6-month postoperative period; b) yearly CT examinations and urography over 4 postoperative years; c) yearly US examination over the first 2 years after surgery, to depict renal pelvis dilatation.
(5) Extraperitoneal hemorrhage, associated with a fracture of the pelvis, is a major cause of death in pedestrian accidents.
(6) Some patients received postoperative external beam irradiation (2000 cGy whole pelvis and an additional 3000 cGy to the parametria, with a midline stepwedge) when deep myometrial invasion was present.
(7) This is a correlative study of normal anatomy of the lumbosacral spine and pelvis demonstrated by SPECT and radiography in order to assure that morphologic detail resulting from SPECT is recognized and matched with radiographic landmarks in the same area.
(8) However, only three patients (3%) failed in the pelvis alone.
(9) Metastatic involvement of the pelvis, and in particular the acetabulum, is a common finding among patients with metastatic osseous disease.
(10) A patient with malignant hypertension and acute renal failure underwent percutaneous renal biopsy which resulted in the creation of an arteriovenous fistula that communicated with the renal pelvis.
(11) A woman in labor and not wearing a seat belt sustained multiple fractures of the pelvis and femur while in an automobile accident.
(12) The durect judgment of the function of the floor of the pelvis is only possible by the electromyogram.
(13) Contrast media in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis are applied for various purposes; different substances and forms of application must be distinguished.
(14) Two groups of subjects were studied: a first group of 20 healthy volunteers to define NMR semeiology of male pelvis and a second group of 40 patients with mainly tumoral lesions of vesicles or prostate.
(15) In all series of experiments multidimensional statistical analysis allowed one to reveal the effect conducive to a relative decrease in the blood content in the brain, myocardium, lungs, liver and to its increase in some abdominal organs, skin, muscle and bone tissues of the extremities, abdomen and pelvis.
(16) In 25 patients, small cell lung cancer was staged prospectively with both conventional staging and a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol that included 1.5-T MR imaging of the pelvis, abdomen, spine, and brain.
(17) Studies carried out on the phantom have shown how reliable transverse diameter measurements of the pelvis are when carried out by X-Ray scanning pelvimetry compared with conventional X-Ray pelvimetry.
(18) Approximately 10-20 ml fluid were withdrawn from the renal pelvis for cytology and culture.
(19) Using chi 2 analysis, we found that failure of external version was significantly associated with obesity, descent of the breech into the pelvis, decreased fluid, and fetal back positioned posteriorly.
(20) For the renal pelvis the results show 6 X 10(-5) M thiphenamil, 10(-3) M oxybutynin, and 5 X 10(-6) M verapamil resulted in a 50% inhibition of the phasic contractions.