What's the difference between caruncle and dewlap?

Caruncle


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Caruncula

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By means of hybridization of nucleic acid, we detected DNA specific for papilloma virus, type 6a, in a caruncle papilloma of a 45-year-old female patient suffering from genital warts.
  • (2) We describe two patients with different adnexal locations of localized extramedullary plasmacytomas, one under the conjunctiva of the caruncle and the other under the tarsal conjunctiva.
  • (3) The caruncle and 16 control sheep, each with indwelling vascular catheters, were studied between 121 and 130 days of pregnancy.
  • (4) Weights of the fetus, fetal membranes, cotyledons, caruncles, and uterus were recorded as were weights of the fetal liver, heart, kidneys, spleen, lungs, stomach complex, intestines, and semitendinosus muscle.
  • (5) It was concluded that collagenase caused collagenolysis and loosening of cotyledon from caruncle, but collagenolysis and cotyledon-caruncle separation were not facilitated by the presence of hyaluronidase.
  • (6) Total uterine blood flow measured with isotope-labeled microspheres rose more than tenfold following 30 microgram per kilogram of either estrogen, as did blood flow to the myometrium, endometrium, and uterine caruncles (p less than 0.05).
  • (7) prescapular) lymph nodes and uterine caruncles, cotyledons or foetal tissues.
  • (8) in whom the external genitalia and urethra were closely examined, a urethral caruncle was noted in 1 pt.
  • (9) In subsequent pregnancies, half the caruncle fetuses were growth retarded or small (weight more than 2 SD below mean weight for control fetuses) with the remainder, normal-sized (weight within 2 SD of mean weight for control fetuses).
  • (10) The investigation was performed in fetal cotyledons, which are attached to uterine caruncles to form units, called placentons.
  • (11) C. jejuni colonies were identified in caruncles and placenta by light microscopy and immunoperoxidase techniques.
  • (12) All the birds fed zearalenone frequently showed strutting behavior, displayed an increased size and coloration of caruncles and dewlaps, and had swollen vent tissue.
  • (13) Tumor resection was performed under the preoperative diagnosis of caruncles, but, histopathological examination revealed adenocarcinoma.
  • (14) The pigmentation on or round the cornea is independent of iris colour in Caucasians, but is related to melanosis of the bulbar conjunctiva, the caruncle and the plica semilunaris.
  • (15) The results indicate that fetal growth retardation due to restriction of placental growth after removal of endometrial caruncles is associated with chronic hypoxaemia, polycythaemia and hypoglycaemia.
  • (16) Intrauterine growth retardation was induced by removal of endometrial caruncles in the ewe prior to conception thereby reducing the size of the placenta in a subsequent pregnancy.
  • (17) Oxygen tension (P02) and content in the common umbilical vein and in the descending aorta were significantly lower in small caruncle fetuses compared to controls but only P02 was lower in normal-sized caruncle fetuses.
  • (18) Ocular adnexal oncocytomas have been reported to arise in the caruncle, lacrimal gland, and lacrimal sac.
  • (19) 1, maternal (caruncle) and fetal (cotyledon) portions of the placenta as well as uterine endometrium were obtained from cows at mid-gestation and evaluated for angiogenic activity by placing tissue samples on chick chorioallantoic membranes (CAM).
  • (20) A 50-year-old, black woman presented with a 1-cm, polypoid lesion on the posterior edge of the urethral meatus that had the gross appearance of a urethral caruncle.

Dewlap


Definition:

  • (n.) The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
  • (n.) The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The tail butt, esutcheon, belly, dewlap and to a lesser degree neck and ear were all very suitable sites on which to find cattle ticks.
  • (2) Dewlap extension is effected by movements of elements of the hyoid apparatus.
  • (3) All the birds fed zearalenone frequently showed strutting behavior, displayed an increased size and coloration of caruncles and dewlaps, and had swollen vent tissue.
  • (4) Beside the boluses for the forestomach of ruminants there are the hollow bridle for horses, the ear swabs (for resorptive application), the ocular (ocusert), nasal, and vaginal forms (for resorptive therapeutic use), the skin transmembrane therapeutic systems (TTS), the pourable (pour-on and spot-on) forms, 'autodas' osmotic mini-pumps, the depot-forms, the implants, the aerosol (inhalational) forms, the 'ear rings' (ear tags) as well as the dewlaps, the rings (for tails, limbs, and ears) and the medicated feeds and liquids, and the intramammary, intrauterine, and other therapeutic forms.
  • (5) Hide mapping of O. gutturosa revealed skin concentrations of mff dorsally at the withers area and also ventrally at the dewlap, brisket and upper forelegs.
  • (6) A dewlap is a hanging fold of skin under the throat of oxen and dogs.
  • (7) Adults feed only on hosts of medium to large size and attach on ventral parts of the body, especially the groin, perineum, axillae and the dewlap of cattle.
  • (8) When necessary the vaccine can be used successfully in a dose of 3-6 cm3, subcutaneously, in the region of the dewlap.
  • (9) Lizards, particularly those in the genus Anolis, extend their dewlaps during interactions with conspecifics, other lizards, and potential predators.
  • (10) During dewlap extension, the hyoid apparatus acts as a first order lever.
  • (11) Dewlap extension is a characteristic component of inter- and intraspecific displays of Anolis lizards.
  • (12) Dewlap extension is accomplished by the contraction of ceratohyoid muscles associated with the hyoid apparatus.
  • (13) A mechanism for dewlap extension is proposed based on results of morphological and experimental techniques.
  • (14) To investigate the effect of anabolic treatment on the hormone levels in plasma and excreta, male veal calves were injected, subcutaneously into the dewlap, with a solution containing 20 mg of E2-17 beta benzoate and 200 mg of T propionate in 5 ml of arachis oil.
  • (15) The majority of sites yielding defensive display responses were found in the hypothalamus, while dewlap display was more readily and widely elicited.
  • (16) Specializations of the hyoid skeleton for dewlap extension include elongated second ceratobranchials and highly movable joints between the ceratohyals and the hypohyals and between the first ceratobranchials and the body of the hyoid.
  • (17) This paper describes the anatomy of the hyoid and associated musculature in Anolis equestris, a large arboreal lizard with a prominent dewlap.
  • (18) This movement results in the second ceratobranchials swinging forward and down, unfolding the dewlap.
  • (19) The dewlap is an extendible flap of skin ordinarily folded under the throat.
  • (20) These modifications include dewlaps, variations of the comb, ear lobes, and wattles, size and form variations of the beak, exuberances of the cere and orbital skin, spur defects, loss of the uropygial gland, and crop dilatations.

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