What's the difference between circumvallate and rampart?

Circumvallate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To surround with a rampart or wall.
  • (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
  • (a.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tissue sections, taken from foliate and circumvallate papillae, generally revealed taste buds in which all cells were immunoreactive; however, occasionally some taste buds were found to contain highly reactive individual cells adjacent to non-reactive cells.
  • (2) Taste buds of the mouse circumvallate papillae were studied by electron microscopy to elucidate the innervation involving the adrenergic nerve supply.
  • (3) Circumvallate nephro-cystostomy (CNC) provides a subcutaneous connection of a nephrostomy and a cystostomy catheter thus allowing spontaneous micturition.
  • (4) Injections into the circumvallate papilla also have demonstrated that the parasympathetic neurons innervating von Ebner's glands are located in the inferior salivatory nucleus.
  • (5) Small tubulo-alveolar salivary glands, the von Ebner's glands, are located beneath the circumvallate and the foliate papillae.
  • (6) NSE-positive fibers then penetrated the epithelium as isolated fibers, primarily in the foliate and circumvallate papillae, or as brush-shaped units formed by a multitude of fibers, especially in the fungiform papillae and in the apical epithelium of the circumvallate papilla.
  • (7) On the 4th week following either operative procedure, few taste buds persisted on the circumvallate papillae.
  • (8) They were few to moderate in number in the circumvallate papillae.
  • (9) The circumvallate papillae were found to be richly innervated; the conical and filiform papillae were poorly innervated; and the innervation of the fungiform and lenticular papillae was intermediate.
  • (10) the filiform, fungiform, foliate and circumvallate papillae.
  • (11) The single circumvallate papilla and fungiform papillae were initiated during the early part of the 13th day, followed on the 15th day by differentiation of filiform and foliate papillae and raised nodules of lingual tonsilar tissue.
  • (12) Single umbilical artery was found to coincide with circumvallate placenta, suggesting a common fault in the placentation.
  • (13) The ChE activity was very marked in the muscle fibres lying in the region of the circumvallate papillae but was less marked in the muscle fibres lying in the region of the filiform and fungiform papillae.
  • (14) The circumvallate and foliate papillae are characterized not only by their position, but also by presence of several taste buds which open through the external orifice of the gustatory canal into the cavity of the vallum, or furrow, which divides the two folds of the lingual mucosa.
  • (15) The circumvallate papillae are not fully developed.
  • (16) Ontogeny of the substance P-like immunoreactive (SPI) structures in the circumvallate papillae of the rat taste buds was examined by means of indirect immunofluorescence method.
  • (17) alpha-Gustducin messenger RNA is expressed in taste buds of all taste papillae (circumvallate, foliate and fungiform); it is not expressed in non-sensory portions of the tongue, nor is it expressed in the other tissues examined.
  • (18) Circumvallate placenta, a form of placenta extrachorialis, should be included in the differential diagnosis of vaginal bleeding in the second trimester with a normally implanted placenta.
  • (19) Labelled fibers innervated the ipsilateral foliate papilla only, but both ipsi-and contralateral sides of the single circumvallate papilla.
  • (20) This report presents a case of circumvallate placenta diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound.

Rampart


Definition:

  • (n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
  • (n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.
  • (v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We bartered for almonds and olives in the market, where there wasn't another tourist to be seen, and sat on the ramparts, watching the sun fall away beyond the horizon.
  • (2) The turbine housings, which are half-complete, resemble the jagged ramparts of a fort.
  • (3) How Google's antitrust headache began not from castle ramparts Read more An investigation by the Guardian into Google’s multifaceted lobbying campaign in Europe has uncovered fresh details of its activities and methods.
  • (4) The find is a few miles from Bredon hill, which has been a scene of human activity down the ages and still boasts the earthen ramparts of an iron age hill fort.
  • (5) Here, Main, Sidney Bracken, 65, Paul Radley, 52, and David Robinson, 63, are cooking an outdoor breakfast, after hanging a huge banner around the ramparts of the fort.
  • (6) There have been many initiatives, reports and government level strategies in recent years but few, perhaps none, have hammered at the ramparts of care for learning disabled adults with the force of BBC's Panorama expose Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed .
  • (7) Analysis of the errors showed that one of the focal problems of the Gilbert-McKern system was the difficulty in judging whether the ventral rampart was building up or breaking down.
  • (8) They have gone, instead, for the candidate who seems best placed to appeal beyond the Republican ramparts, to swing voters and independents, just as they did in 2008 by choosing John McCain.
  • (9) The ridged area, where sweat ducts are distributed, is constructed of grooves and ramparts.
  • (10) O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming” – what does it mean?
  • (11) Things soon get serious with a tough climb onto Shoulsbarrow Common, beneath the ramparts of an iron-age hill fort.
  • (12) Voters, buffeted by unemployment, dismayed by immigration, scared of terrorism, and angry at growing inequality, crave the alleged certainties of a past where the strong nation state was a rampart for its citizens.
  • (13) Adults £85 per day, children (aged 13-17) £60 per day, overnight kayak camping expeditions an additional £15 per person per night Eilean Donan, Dornie Photograph: Alamy Clamber around the ramparts and explore the dimly lit nooks and crannies of one of the most romantic castles in Scotland.
  • (14) 2 Go through the gate on the right and follow the surfaced path through the ancient ramparts of the hill fort to the summit trig point.
  • (15) "They seek the secret of the Grail," gasps carbuncular nobleman Bertrand, as swarms of rhubarbing crusaders prepare to storm his ramparts.
  • (16) They have also used their nine-month siege of the north to dig in, creating elaborate defences, including tunnels and ramparts using construction equipment abandoned by fleeing construction crews.
  • (17) By the break of dawn the citadel's ramparts had been draped with banners proclaiming: "Peoples of Europe rise up."
  • (18) Offshore, a recognisably Viking kingdom boasts a fleet of longships; Westeros itself, like dark ages England, was once a heptarchy, a realm of seven kingdoms; the massive rampart of ice which guards its northernmost frontier is recognisably inspired by Hadrian's wall.
  • (19) But his passion for conservation isn’t confined to the 80 acres of streets and historic buildings within the fort’s Dutch-built ramparts.
  • (20) On this larger project, a stronger more robust New Orleans, the progress that you have made is remarkable.” Leo Watermeier, a longtime resident of North Rampart Street in the French Quarter and community activist, told the Guardian in an email that “I agree we’re moving forward.” “The influx of new people after Katrina has brought a new energy, that’s both pushing for needed changes and respectful of our traditions,” Watermeier said.

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