(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.
Xiphisternum
Definition:
(n.) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.
(n.) The xiphiplastron.
Example Sentences:
(1) The patient showed characteristic features: upper and lower eyelids connected to each other by a string-like epithelium, low hairline, epicanthal folds, saddle nose with a broad, flat root, micrognathia, short neck, high-arched palate, prominent xiphisternum, wide-spaced nipples, bilateral pes equinovarus, fifth toes that overlapped the fourth toes bilaterally, a deep fissure between the first and second toes bilaterally, and abnormal flexions of fingers and toes.
(2) The method of measuring oesophageal length by the use of the external chest measurement, that is, the distance between the lower incisor teeth and the xiphisternum, measured with the neck fully extended and the patient lying supine, is described in detail, its practical application in oesophageal surgery is illustrated, and its validity tested by internal measurements.
(3) Addition of each of these cytokines to cells, isolated from the xiphisternum of adult rats, resulted in a time- and dose-dependent increase in phospholipase activity in both secreted and membrane-associated form.
(4) The xiphisternum (not a true sternebra) was infrequently ossified.
(5) Fundal height traditionally measured in relation to umbilicus and xiphisternum is of little value in predicting the fetal growth.
(6) The jugular notch and xiphisternum are used ventrally and the spinous process on the same horizontal planes is used dorsally as reference points for spinal rotation.
(7) An electrocardiographic electrode montage is described using electrodes mounted on the manubrium sterni (RA), xiphisternum (LA) and V5 position (LL).
(8) Further evidence is presented that the epigastric pain of duodenal ulceration, situated between the rib margins and just below the xiphisternum, arises from the lower oesophagus.One-hundred patients with duodenal ulceration were divided into those with epigastric pain (61) and those with pain in the upper abdomen but not in the epigastrium (39).
(9) Nodules of O. gibsoni were found in the brisket, stifle and hip regions, while O; lienalis occurred along the gastrosplenic ligament and above the xiphisternum.
(10) A simple technique was developed for quantifying the axial displacements using a single measurement by magnetometry of changes in the distance between a point on the anterior surface of the rib cage near the xiphisternum and a point on the abdominal surface near the pubic symphysis.
(11) Six anesthetized paralyzed cats with normal lungs were ventilated by high-frequency chest wall compression (HFCWC) at 5 Hz using a single-chamber circumferential cuff enclosing the thorax from the axillae to the xiphisternum.
(12) The sensory level of anesthesia was between the umbilicus and xiphisternum.
(13) Scar stretching occurs most frequently in the lower third of the scar overlying the xiphisternum and extending onto the abdomen.
(14) The lead II setting on the monitor, equivalent to CM5, offers optimal ischaemia detection, while lead I, now a vertical lead, manubrium to xiphisternum, results in maximal P wave amplitude.
(15) They were joined together from just above the xiphisternum to the umbilicus and were successfully separated.
(16) A male infant presented with two well-formed lower limbs and pelvis with external male genitalia attached to the thorax at the xiphisternum.
(17) The indifferent electrode is situated at the xiphisternum or at the apex of the heart.