(n.) The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist.
(n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger.
Example Sentences:
(1) The surgical procedure, using a dispensable tendon, could be directly associated to the sutures of the proximal injuries of the cubital nerve as a temporary palliative.
(2) A case of penetrating metal fragment injury to the cubital fossa with subsequent development of a false aneurysm of the brachial artery with a fistulae to the vena comitans and median basilic vein is described.
(3) In diagnosing the cubital syndrome, the multisegmental determination of the motor conduction velocity of the ulnar nerve and the features of the M-potential obtained by means of stimulation above the compression are very important.
(4) The anatomy of the cubital tunnel and its relationship to ulnar nerve compression is not well documented.
(5) The contrast material is injected rapidly into a cubital vein.
(6) Irregularities in the shape of the sensory evoked potential recorded above the cubital sulcus were found in 12.76% of cases, especially in subjects over 50 years of age.
(7) The typical signs, such as the iliac horns or variations of the knees, cubitals and nails should be familiar to every radiologist.
(8) In medico cubital paralysis one must also cure the "cubital claw of the thumb".
(9) The outcome of 53 patients operated on either for posttraumatic ulnar neuropathy (PUN) or non-traumatic cubital tunnel syndrome (CTS) was reviewed after 3 years follow-up.
(10) The findings were confirmed intraoperatively in 7 patients and corresponded to a tight band compressing the ulnar nerve and causing narrowing at the cubital tunnel with swelling proximally.
(11) 1.5 mCi of I-123 IMP was injected into the ante-cubital vein.
(12) For patients without cancer, marrow serum LDH attained levels four times as high, and GOT and alkaline phosphatase, levels twice as high as those normal for cubital vein serum; levels of acid phosphatase were the same for both sources.
(13) Rates per 100,000 for different fractures were: radio-cubital 45.4, shine and fibula 41, ankle 28.1, humerus 25.3, and hip 23.5.
(14) Twenty-three percent of the patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and 11 percent of the patients with cubital tunnel syndrome also had abnormal F-wave studies, indicating an additional element of proximal entrapment.
(15) Changes observed ex vivo in blood from the cubital vein following infusion into the hand vein of an active drug, can mainly be attributed to its local effect on the venous wall.
(16) Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative findings are described and discussed with reference to 93 operations for entrapment syndromes of the radial nerve in the cubital region.
(17) Blood was drawn aseptically from the median cubital vein of the subjects before and 15 minutes after brushing the teeth.
(18) In 6 specimens, dense fibrous bands bridged directly between the medial epicondyle and the olecranon proximal to the cubital tunnel proper; accessory epitrochleoanconeus muscles were present in 14 specimens: both may cause ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.
(19) Operative findings included compression of the nerve at the intermuscular septum or at the entrance to the cubital tunnel, dense scarring after intramuscular transposition, and constriction by fascial slings.
(20) In 9 of the 15 ulnar nerves, abnormal conduction was localized to the level of the cubital tunnel (1.5 to 3.5 cm distal to the medial epicondyle).
Forearm
Definition:
(v. t.) To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
(n.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.
Example Sentences:
(1) The method is based on two-dimensional scanning photon absorptiometry on the distal part of the forearm.
(2) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
(3) Gross deformity, point tenderness and decrease in supination and pronation movements of the forearm were the best predictors of bony injury.
(4) It is a specific clinical picture with extensive soft tissue gas and swelling of the forearm.
(5) Acute effects of insulin on protein metabolism (whole body and forearm muscle) were simultaneously assessed using doubly labelled (13C15N) leucine in post-absorptive Type I diabetic patients.
(6) Each subject applied a vehicle cream containing 0.075% capsaicin (Axsain, GalenPharma Inc.) to a 4 cm2 area of skin on one volar forearm and vehicle alone to an identical treatment area on the other forearm, according to a double-blind procedure.
(7) Infusions of adenosine promoted the release of active renin and angiotensin II from the forearm and the coronary vessels.
(8) Among other locations, these diseases do not affect the forearms symetrically.
(9) Weakness of the flexor pollicis longus, flexor digitorum profundus and pronator quadratus is usually related to an isolated paralysis of the anterior interosseous nerve in the volar aspect of the forearm.
(10) An experimental investigation of acupuncture's analgesic potency, separated from suggestion effects, is described, in which judgments of shock-elicited pain of the forearm were recorded along two separate scales: intensity and aversiveness.
(11) The procedure to accomplish this end utilizes the measured thermal pain threshold, surface temperature, exposure time, and incident energy on a standardized skin site (volar surface of the forearm) to obtain conductivity values.
(12) In the 18 month-old a more mature grasp and forearm combination, mainly palmar grasp with or without stablizing index finger + overpronated forearm, was found.
(13) Thermal thresholds were measured in the left forearms of 26 healthy subjects and 10 patients with diabetes mellitus during ischaemic compression block.
(14) SSR was evoked by square wave electric stimulation through a pair of surface electrodes placed on the unilateral forearm.
(15) Entrapment of the ring finger flexor digitorum in the ulna following fracture of both forearm bones is very rare.
(16) We report a patient with a hyperpigmented, non-hairy plaque on the forearm.
(17) Variability of basal blood flow in terms of standard deviations and in terms of coefficients of variation computed from duplicate determinations were significantly higher than for the other parameters and significantly more elevated in the forearm than in the calf.
(18) Metabolic measurements and flow were determined at rest and during submaximal exercise in both forearms.
(19) Recordings were made of all-night electroencephalogram, electro-oculogram, submental electromyogram, and muscle potentials from both forearms.
(20) A report on a case of successful replantation of an excised segment of forearm tissue is presented.