(n.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hexokinase, phoshofructokinase, and aldolase appear to be rate-limiting in normal cervix epithelium; however, since the increase in activity of the first two in cancers was least of all the glycolytic enzymes, redundant enzyme synthesis probably occurs in the malignant cell for the enzymes catalysing reversible reactions.
(2) Eaton-Lambert or myasthenic syndrome was diagnosed in a young woman with recurrent small-cell carcinoma of the cervix.
(3) Our preliminary data from this study suggest that 85% trichloroacetic acid is effective treatment of human papillomavirus infection of the cervix without dysplasia.
(4) A rubber cuff was fixed on the metal cylinder and let an opening of 8 cm, simulating the cervix uteri.
(5) The normal tissues included the ovary, fallopian tube, uterine endometrium, uterine cervix, and vagina.
(6) Comparison with other neoplasms of the uterine cervix indicates that the lesion should be classified separately.
(7) The results of natural PGs and their analogues by systemic and intrauterine administration for the purposes of postcoital contraception, menstrual regulation, first and second trimester abortion, preoperative dilatation of the cervix, and delivery of patients with death in utero are presented.
(8) Prolonged survivals were revealed in the radiation therapy of patients with carcinoma of lung and uterine cervix concomitant use of PS-K. And the condition necessary for long-term survival with BRMs were thought to be that the tumor was almost disappeared by irradiation.
(9) Tuberculosis of the cervix of the uterus is a rare form of genital tuberculosis.
(10) Between 1970 and 1976 a total of 8254 gravidae were screened by smears of the cervix for carcinoma.
(11) A series of 38 patients 65 years of age or older who underwent Wertheim hysterectomy for primary treatment of stages IB and IIA (FIGO) carcinoma of the cervix is reported.
(12) The same evaluation in 76 nonrandom contemporary controls matched for risk factors, maternal age, and parity has shown that more than 50% had a cervix dilated more than 2 cm, 38% had a cervix shorter than 0.5 cm, and 24% had rupture of the fetal membranes.
(13) The c-myc oncoprotein nuclear content does not appear to be a prognostic indicator in carcinoma of the cervix from the results of these studies but there is clearly diagnostic potential, particularly for automated analysis of cervical screening.
(14) Complex clinico-endoscopic and morphological study of the uterine cervix pathology is performed in more than 20 000 women since 1962 up to now.
(15) In more than 60%, dilatation or effacement of the cervix occurred with minimal side effects.
(16) Argyrophil small cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix (ASCC) containing human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) DNA has been successfully transplanted in nude mice for the first time, and we have designated the resultant cell line as YIK-1.
(17) Two cases of uterine injury complicating midtrimester abortion induced by hypertonic saline are described, one with an extensive laceration of the cervix and the other with a rupture of the lower uterine segment extending into the vault of the vagina.
(18) The guiding topic of this report was "the value and importance of intracavitary therapy in uterine cervix carcinoma".
(19) Pelvic nerve: vagina, cervix, and perineal skin; hypogastric nerve: cervix and proximal three fifths of the uterus; pudendal nerve: skin of perineum, inner thigh, and clitoral sheath.
(20) Sterile coitus on the other hand, stimulates the uterine cervix in the rat and induces a physiological state of pseudopregnancy which interrupts the normal pattern of the oestrous cycle and establishes a persistent dioestrous state.
Collum
Definition:
(n.) A neck or cervix.
(n.) Same as Collar.
Example Sentences:
(1) After treatment in 29 of 106 collum carcinomas CEA and or SCC levels did still exceed these cut off values.
(2) Operations were indicated in the majority of all cases by degenerative hip-joint diseases (n = 3214) and 399 cases by medial collum femoris fracture from adduction type (Garden III and IV).
(3) In the collum cells, however, Egp-transcripts continue to be detectable in the cytoplasm until the end of larval life.
(4) The radial head may be fixed by trans-articular Kirschner's wire (WITT) or primary reconstruction of the annular ligament, using a strip of biceps or triceps tendon, or adaptation around the collum radii and ulna of the proximal radio-ulnar joint by means of a sling of Dexon or Vicryl suture.
(5) With the present model, prediction of the effects of various treatments on the force direction in the hip joint could help to improve and select treatment (the force direction is presumed to control the collum growth direction).
(6) Fractures of the collum femoris alone are on the basis of actual life expectancy in Switzerland responsible for 157,000 hospital days in women and 18,000 in men, corresponding to the annual capacity of an acute-cave hospital with 500 beds.
(7) Surgical technique for intra and extra capsular collum fractures is illustrated.
(8) Doxycycline was given as preventive preoperative treatment to 64 patients with fractured collum femoris.
(9) The one-hole angle plate is used for osteosynthesis in cases of medial collum femoris fractures.
(10) With the aid of ultrasound we tried to visualize the muscles of the shoulder region, the collum scapulae, the axillary artery and vein and the brachial plexus.
(11) The borderline between the uterine corpus and collum cannot be characterized by the elbow of the uterine artery (the end of its parametrian part) but by the most medial loop of the ascending part of the vessel, coinciding with the end of the cervical canal.
(12) Except for the luxation fractures of the upper collum there was no significant difference in the results of immobilisation therapy (77%) and functional therapy.
(13) A 88 year old man was admitted for physical therapy of a collum femoris fracture.
(14) The Scottish official Willie Collum is also on the list.
(15) Patients with a higher life expectancy are submitted to a total hip endoprosthesis, preference being given in cases of collum femoris fractures to the combination of a Spotorno shaft and a Morscher acetabulum.
(16) Only a single measure, the smallest sagittal diameter of the collume mandibulae showed significant difference between both sides which was observed in both groups of men and women.
(17) Uni- and bilateral endoscopic sectioning of the vesical collum and of the prostatic tissue has become an efficient therapeutic alternative for small and middle adenomas and cervicoprostatic scleroses.
(18) ACh produced a marked contraction of the preparation from the bladder body and produced no response in the collum vesicae and the urethra; however, NE caused a marked contraction of the preparations from the collum vesicae and the urethra and relaxation in the bladder body.
(19) Total hip replacement in medial collum femoris fracture showed a significantly higher frequency of postoperative complications (4 times) and mortality (17 times).
(20) Patients suffering from a collum carcinoma stage T 1b can be treated either by operation according to Wertheim and Meigs, or by radiotherapy.