(1) Furthermore, it is found that especially the deflexions in the coronal and sagittal plane covariate with the patients' complaints, but not with horizontal deflexion.
(2) Double-reciprocal plots of the reaction velocity of yeast, rat liver and Escherichia coli ATP-l-methionine S-adenosyltransferases (EC 2.5.1.6) as a function of the l-methionine concentrations (under saturating ATP conditions) demonstrate downward deflexions from linearity for the yeast and E. coli adenosyltransferases and an upward deflexion for the rat liver enzyme.
(3) Two of the receptors, types A and C, only responded when the hair was lifted up and away from rest; the third, type B, only responded vigorously when a hair was moved back toward rest from such a deflexion.
(4) The deflexion angle of the incident beam at which maximum intensity in spectral lines is obtained depends on sarcomere length as predicted by Bragg's formula.
(5) This deflexion appears to be an afterpotential, rather than a mechanical transient, since it is dependent on the duration of the preceding stimulus.
(6) In relay neurones with or without a tonic discharge component the ;dynamic on' response during a trapezoidal displacement of sinus hairs was found to be determined entirely or predominantly by the movement velocity and to be independent of the deflexion angle of a stimulus.
(7) Type C of the brain stem response (BSR) waveform (only 1 deflexion present) was revealed in 75% of tumors greater than 20 mm.
(8) The authors demonstrated experimentally that the origin of the pre-systolic deflexion, previously observed by many investigators in pressure recordings of the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery, is due to the effective atrial contraction, which, besides the pressure change, produces a blood flow from the ventricle towards the artery.
(9) The deflexion attitude of the fetal head in 223 consecutive breech deliveries was radiologically evaluated and classified into four grades.
(10) The number of components of high frequency tracings in the intrinsecoid deflexion was greater on the right ventricle.
(11) A series of 53 cases were successfully treated by deflexion osteotomy of the involved metatarsal head.
(12) An initial negative deflexion of the P-wave (qP) in the right precordial leads was recorder in these cases.
(13) Thirteen of them (19.7%) show a HV interval exceeding 55 ms or a pathological H deflexion (twisted and lasting 35 ms).
(14) This high value reflects the very small angles of cupular deflexion assessed on the basis of physical characteristics of the canal.8.
(15) The mathematical models constructed to explain the vestibular function have to take in account this response decline to coincide with the evolution of the slow phase velocity of the nystagmus, during the prolonged deflexions of the cupula produced by the clinical vestibular rotatory and caloric tests.
(16) In cases of child emergency, of considerable increase of delivery mechanism resistance, of immaturity and attitude of deflexion, an extraction by means of obstetrical forceps is performed.
(17) rotates in the opposite direction of the palatal plane, it may be concluded that the process of orthocephalization in this period is caused by the deflexion of the angle between the palatine bone and maxilla, while it before 14 d is caused by a combination of an interosseous deflexion in the palate and an upwards rotation of the palatine bone relative to the cranial base.
(18) When a diffraction line is scanned perpendicularly to the meridional plane, the light intensity shows fluctuations resembling those obtained by beam deflexion within the meridional plane.
(19) 5 min of ischemia caused inhibition of MAO activity (kynuramine as a substrate), alterations in substrate specificity and in kinetic curves form deflexion from hyperbolic type in all the brain structures investigated.
(20) Greatest deflexion sensitivity typically was at higher frequencies than could be attained in this experiment, but would be greater than the median threshold deflexion angle of 12 min found at 50 Hz.
Flexion
Definition:
(n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
(n.) A bending; a part bent; a fold.
(n.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.
(n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparisons of ICR locations were made between flexion and extension, between left and right limbs, and between living and dead dogs, using analysis of variance.
(2) Unrecognized flexion injuries of the cervical spine may lead to late instability and neurologic damage.
(3) The prognosis was adversely affected by obesity, preoperative flexion contracture of 30 degrees or more, wound-healing problems, wound infection, and postoperative manipulation under general anesthesia.
(4) The technique of two-plane angiography of femoro-popliteal bypasses with 90 degrees knee flexion is described.
(5) Physiotherapy for 4 to 12 weeks produced improvement, but in four cases early operation for excision of fibrous tissue and lengthening of the triceps was necessary to restore adequate flexion.
(6) Tension in flexor tendons during wrist flexion may play a role in otherwise unexplained instances of the carpal tunnel syndrome.
(7) Five cases of bilateral abduction contracture of the shoulder in adults including the first case of bilateral abduction contractures of shoulder and hip plus bilateral flexion contracture of elbow and extension contracture of a knee are reported.
(8) We found that the Gallie system generally allowed significantly more rotation in flexion, extension, axial rotation, and lateral bending than the other three fixation techniques.
(9) The lower neck flexion is 35 degrees and extension of the plane of the face 15 degrees, each angle measured relative to horizontal.
(10) Flexion of the knee beyond 40 degrees progressively diminished viability of the edges of the wound, particularly the lateral edge.
(11) Intertester reliability for measurements obtained with a goniometer was .90 for flexion and .86 for extension.
(12) In these three patients, laxity of the knee in flexion was so severe that posterior instability could not be corrected merely by patellar relocation.
(13) X-ray study of this region in lateral projection was did, in neutral position and flexion-extension of the neck.
(14) The results of the Tinel percussion test, the Phalen wrist-flexion test, and the new test were evaluated in thirty-one patients (forty-six hands) in whom the presence of carpal tunnel syndrome had been proved electrodiagnostically, as well as in a control group of fifty subjects.
(15) Although the entire cohort of neck patients, regardless of group assignment, improved significantly on all the outcome variables over the 6-week period, patients receiving intermittent traction performed significantly better than those assigned to the no traction group in terms of pain (P = 0.03), forward flexion (P = 0.01), right rotation (P = 0.004) and left rotation (P = 0.05).
(16) flexion, stretch, rolling, startle, jumping (stepping), and writhing.
(17) By placing the thigh in external flexion-rotation the deep femoral artery can readily be approached downstream the first perforating artery.
(18) Whereas in flexion stress all methods showed a sufficient stability, the rotation tests proved, that in case of a dorsal instability of the lower cervical spine, posterior interlaminar wiring or anterior plate stabilization showed no reliable stabilization effect.
(19) In severely impaired limbs, there was a marked shift in both the peak EMG angle and the angular domain of EMG activity for both biceps and triceps muscle groups, away from the normal elbow flexion-extension axis towards external humeral rotation and shoulder girdle elevation.
(20) On physical examination the patients complained of pain on both passive flexion and internal rotation of the hip, and when the thigh was pushed backwards at 90 degrees of flexion.