(n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.
(n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.
Example Sentences:
(1) The principle is to add a positive end-expiratory plateau (PEEP) to IPPV, with a subsequent increase in FRC (functional residual capacity) resulting in re-opening in first and foremost the declive alveolae, which can then once again take part in the gas exchange and possibly re-commence the disrupted surfactant production.
(2) The relations between the angle of declivity of the sacrum and radius and inclination of the lordotic curvature of the lumbar spine show good correlation.
(3) Vascular complications are frequent in paralyzing neurologic disorders, particularly in peripheral neurologic diseases: edema of the declive, cold feet, acrocyanosis, increased sudation.
(4) This was also true of the extra sulci, except for the declival sulcus which revealed a single gene influence.
(5) With regard to cerebellar vermis, the superior faces were more atrophic than the inferior faces in both OPCA and LCCA, but in OPCA, atrophy on the superior faces was dominant in the posterior lobe including declive and folium as against dominance in the anterior lobe in LCCA.
(6) The gene symbol 'declival sulcus of cerebellum' (dsc) is proposed.
(7) Ureterocalicostomy appears to be a helpful procedure in some defined situations where a declive drainage of the urine essential.
(8) Of particular interest, however, was our finding that several reticular areas of the midbrain and pons project to the portion of the medial acessory nucleus which relays in turn to auditory-visual areas of the cerebellar vermis (declive, folium and tuber).
(9) The finding showed hypoplasia of the declive, folium, and tuber in posterior vermis, but not of the anterior vermis, and hypoplasia of only the medial aspect of each cerebellar hemisphere.
(10) These images also can display (1) the corpus medullare and primary white-matter branches to the vermian lobules, including the lingula, centralis, culmen, declive, folium, tuber, pyramis, uvula, and nodulus; and (2) several finer secondary branches to individual folia within the lobules.
(11) The quantitative analysis includes: (1) coefficient of declination, pointing to the declivity of the anacrotic limb; (2) coefficient of propulsion, pointing to the time of formation of the maximum peak and (3) level of indentation, pointing to the height of the valve notch.
(12) Notably, the area of the most dorsomedial portion, the declive-folium-tuber, tended to be more strongly associated with age than other segments.
(13) The cell and DNA complement of the declive and central lobe are only slightly reduced in the cases of myelomeningocele, but there is frequently cellular and DNA loss throughout the pyramid and uvula to the nodule.
(14) "Declive" latero-terminal and latero-lateral hepaticocholedocho-jejunoanastomosis with a loop of the small intestine isolated by the Roux method was carried out in 6 patients (5 females and 1 male) according to absolute indications.
(15) Lipid granule-containing S cells appeared on postnatal day 10 and were most abundant in severely affected lobules, such as the declive and tuber, on day 30.
(16) The five regions of interest included the following: (1) lingula and centralis, (2) culmen, (3) declive, folium, and tuber, (4) pyramis, and (5) uvula and nodulus.
(17) The lingula, central lobule, culmen, superior portion of declive, anterior lobules and anteromedial half of simple lobule were severely degenerated, while other lobules were spared excluding moderate degeneration in inferomedian portion of the hemisphere.
(18) Results for 177 mice revealed that many brains had extra sulci present within the central lobe, the culmen, the declive and the uvula, and that patterns within a genetically uniform inbred strain were highly variable.
(19) There is a space here, a male declivity in the shape of my husband.
(20) Neoplasms originate at all levels of each continuum; subsequently, some move along its declivity.
Escarpment
Definition:
(n.) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.
Example Sentences:
(1) More recently, Iain Sinclair, in his novel Dining on Stones, an elegy to the A13, describes it as: "A landscape to die for: haze lifting to a high clear morning, pylons, distant road, an escarpment of multi-coloured containers, a magical blend of nature and artifice."
(2) Sitting 2,325 metres above sea level, at the tip of an escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, Eritrea breeds strong cyclists.
(3) Climbing over rough ground, the route follows the rim of a dramatic escarpment above the sea, with wonderful views down to the water, often specked with passing porpoises and dolphins.
(4) Villages under the escarpment of the Tanzanian plateau were surveyed for breeding of Aedes aegypti.
(5) Exposure of laboratory-bred snails of B. tropicus from the Mau Escarpment and other populations of B. tropicus proved negative.
(6) Of the infected flies, 164 were collected in a cave near the patients' home, three from crevices on an escarpment immediately behind the house, and one from the bedroom of one of the patients.
(7) And it sits on the edge of the Kerio escarpment, jutting out into the vast sky, at a lung-sapping altitude of about 2440 metres (8,000ft).
(8) The goat originated from the Western escarpments of the Rift Valley which are known to harbor L. aethiopica.
(9) Like many other native species, dwarf crocodiles are poisoned when they ingest the bufotoxins in cane toads, which presents a major conservation issue for the entire upstream escarpment ecosystem.
(10) Zigag round the edge of the escarpment (2.3 miles), pausing for the vista.
(11) McNaughton settled on a 119-mile line, which would travel from Euston through an extensive former rail interchange at Old Oak Common in Acton, west London, and then north under the escarpment of the Chilterns to Birmingham’s derelict terminus at Curzon Street.
(12) Onchocerciasis was mesoendemic in the rocky northern escarpments, and became hypoendemic and sporadic in the southern uplands of sedimentary geological origin.
(13) On a cold and blustery day threatened by rain, Katy Whittaker, a young British climber, headed for Curbar Edge, outside Sheffield, to tackle an escarpment named – appropriately – Knockin' on Heaven's Door.
(14) Charles Darwin University's Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods has studied the effects of the toad on the smallest crocodile species found in northern Australia's upstream escarpments.
(15) A total of 480 snails were collected from 3 habitats on the Mau Escarpment, Kenya, and were identified as Bulinus tropicus.
(16) Another gang had clustered near an escarpment beneath Kjærlighetsstien, Lovers' Path.
(17) Held on an escarpment in north-east Arnhem Land, the Garma festival site is called Gulkula in Yolngu language.
(18) Although Bulinus (Physopsis) africanus (a host of Schistosoma species responsible for urinary bilharziasis) was found in the proposed source area of the water scheme, it is not possible at this stage to determine with certainty whether this host will be introduced over the Drakensberg escarpment into the Orange Free State.
(19) One hundred and twelve snails were collected from two habitats on the Mau Escarpment, Kenya and were provisionally identified as Bulinus tropicus from the characteristics of their shell and soft parts, chromosome number (n = 18), electrophoresis of egg protein on cellulose acetate strip and isoelectric focusing of AcP, GPI, HBDH, MDH and PGM digestive gland enzymes.