(a.) Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
(a.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica - an epiphyseal developmental disturbance of the skeleton - is combined with exostose-like, tumor-simulating cartilaginous hypertrophy of bone tissue, mainly located at the epiphyses of the lower extremities and at the tarsal bones.
(2) US clearly images the cartilaginous femoral head and enables accurate assessment of hip size, shape, and symmetry.
(3) Cells taking up label are found scattered throughout the large cartilaginous epiphyses.
(4) The carpus is initially a cartilaginous structure that subsequently demarcates into separate carpal bones.
(5) Ultrastructural examination of noncartilaginous regions of the tumor demonstrated mesenchymal cells with features suggestive of cartilaginous differentiation, viz, scalloped cell membranes, sac-like distension of abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum, and a matrix containing fibrillary and finely granular material.
(6) Any process which weakens the cartilaginous endplate or the subchondral cancellous bone may predispose to the development of Schmorl's nodes.
(7) This malformation was demonstrated in alcian-blue- and alizarin-red-stained fetal skeletons by measurements of the distance between the cartilaginous ends of each vertebral arch.
(8) In the secondary cartilages, type I collagen was present throughout the cartilaginous cell layers, and type II collagen was restricted to the ECM of the mature and hypertrophic cell layers.
(9) Relapsing polychondritis is a systemic disease of unknown etiology with predominate manifestations of multiorgan cartilaginous inflammation.
(10) The trachea was transected at the fifth cartilaginous ring and then anastomosed with continuous 6-0 polypropylene (Prolene) (group 1), interrupted 6-0 polypropylene (group 2), continuous 6-0 polydioxanone (PDS) (group 3), or interrupted 6-0 PDS (group 4).
(11) These studies showed that the cartilaginous cap of human osteophytes has the capacity to synthesize the entire repertoire of sulphated proteoglycans of mature hyaline cartilage.
(12) The cartilaginous potential of the perichondrium has earlier been utilized to reconstruct articular cartilage in unloaded joints in adult rabbits.
(13) However, extrasynovial intra-articular cartilaginous lesions may persist after synovectomy in the other two phases and may grow, causing recurrence of clinical symptoms in the absence of new intrasynovial disease.
(14) MPS consists of a heterogeneous group of hereditary diseases which are characterized by an abnormal accumulation of mucopolysaccharides, especially in cartilaginous and bone tissue.
(15) Histological examination revealed cartilaginous growth across the tracheostomy incision only in animals having the flap tracheostomy.
(16) The dorsal cartilaginous mass arching over the anterior vertebrae is formed by the basidorsals of the second, third, and fourth vertebrae.
(17) The regenerated tail of the New Zealand gecko Hoplodactylus maculatus is equipped with an elastic cartilaginous tube as skeletal axis.
(18) It occupied the vascular connective tissue within the anterior portion of a distinct groove on the inferolateral wall of the cartilaginous calcaneus between the retrotrochlear eminence anterosuperiorly, and the lateral process of the tuber posteroinferiorly.
(19) However, a wide range of damage to the soft tissue and cartilaginous framework of the larynx may result from such injuries but signs of injury are easily overlooked leading to potentially serious consequences for the patient.
(20) At more than 30 days of age, however, untreated mice showed completely calcified pelvic bone, whereas in age-matched Tx mice the greater part of the junctional regions in the pelvis remained cartilaginous.
Trachea
Definition:
(n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
(n.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
(n.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aplasia of the trachea associated with multiple congenital anomalies is described in a stillborn male foetus with single umbilical artery.
(2) This was worsened by the right side compression of trachea end part, due to the abnormal left pulmonary artery as demonstrated by pulmonary angiography.
(3) Tracheal mucus transport rate (TMTR) and quantitative clearance of aerosolized Escherichia coli from the trachea, lung, and air sac were measured in healthy unanesthetized turkeys and in turkeys exposed by aerosol to a La Sota vaccine strain of Newcastle disease virus (NDV).
(4) Defects in the posterior one-half of the trachea, up to 5 rings long, were repaired, with minimal stenosis.
(5) Haemodynamic changes (supraventricular tachycardia, decreases in arterial pressure) were observed during laryngoscopy and intubation of the trachea in a patient receiving nifedipine and verapamil.
(6) General anaesthesia with apneic oxygenation may offer the ENT surgeon increased possibilities of exploration and operation at the level of the larynx and trachea, but owing to its biological consequences, it should be used only with circumspection and its indications should be totally justified, for acts of limited duration.
(7) Replacement of bath Na+ by choline decreased the PD of tracheas by 85% but did not change alveolar PD in the presence or absence of bumetanide.
(8) Compared to related compounds, N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine and N-nitrosobis(2-acetoxy-propyl)amine which are also pancreatic carcinogens, BOP induced only a few neoplasms of the lung, liver, and kidney and none in the nasal cavity, larynx, and trachea.
(9) Experiments were conducted in a group of pigs to determine the ontogeny of antigen specific IgA in the trachea.
(10) Although they were born at different periods of the year, the calves in all three groups had similar bacterial loads in their noses and tracheas when they were 1 day old (P greater than 0.05).
(11) In one patient, a minitracheostomy tube perforated the posterior wall of the trachea, resulting in pneumomediastinum.
(12) The trachea and the bronchial tree (first through seventh order branches) both synthesized alpha1(II) chains.
(13) The respiratory functions of the oropharynx, larynx, and trachea of normal human fetuses in utero were explored by means of real-time, two-dimensional ultrasonography combined with color-flow and spectral Doppler analysis.
(14) The blood flow contributions and drainage patterns of the pulmonary and systemic circulations in the upper airways (trachea and main bronchi) were assessed in anesthetized dogs by injecting 15-micron radiolabeled microspheres into the right and left heart, respectively.
(15) There were no differences between boys and girls until age 14, when girls' tracheas stopped growing.
(16) The bronchi were involved more often than the trachea and the foreign body was located more frequently at the right bronchus (38 pt).
(17) In contrast, the cat trachea was unresponsive to histamine and prostaglandin F2alpha and did not exhibit an intrinsic tone.
(18) All four requirements were experimentally verified in calf trachea.
(19) Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the trachea was performed in twenty-one children with congenital or acquired narrowing of the trachea or main bronchi.
(20) Exposure to 5000 ppm SO2 rapidly caused death in all birds with cannulated tracheae and in 4 of 5 birds with an intact respiratory system; one bird in each series of experiments died when exposed to 1000 ppm.