What's the difference between dewlap and pendulous?

Dewlap


Definition:

  • (n.) The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
  • (n.) The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The tail butt, esutcheon, belly, dewlap and to a lesser degree neck and ear were all very suitable sites on which to find cattle ticks.
  • (2) Dewlap extension is effected by movements of elements of the hyoid apparatus.
  • (3) All the birds fed zearalenone frequently showed strutting behavior, displayed an increased size and coloration of caruncles and dewlaps, and had swollen vent tissue.
  • (4) Beside the boluses for the forestomach of ruminants there are the hollow bridle for horses, the ear swabs (for resorptive application), the ocular (ocusert), nasal, and vaginal forms (for resorptive therapeutic use), the skin transmembrane therapeutic systems (TTS), the pourable (pour-on and spot-on) forms, 'autodas' osmotic mini-pumps, the depot-forms, the implants, the aerosol (inhalational) forms, the 'ear rings' (ear tags) as well as the dewlaps, the rings (for tails, limbs, and ears) and the medicated feeds and liquids, and the intramammary, intrauterine, and other therapeutic forms.
  • (5) Hide mapping of O. gutturosa revealed skin concentrations of mff dorsally at the withers area and also ventrally at the dewlap, brisket and upper forelegs.
  • (6) A dewlap is a hanging fold of skin under the throat of oxen and dogs.
  • (7) Adults feed only on hosts of medium to large size and attach on ventral parts of the body, especially the groin, perineum, axillae and the dewlap of cattle.
  • (8) When necessary the vaccine can be used successfully in a dose of 3-6 cm3, subcutaneously, in the region of the dewlap.
  • (9) Lizards, particularly those in the genus Anolis, extend their dewlaps during interactions with conspecifics, other lizards, and potential predators.
  • (10) During dewlap extension, the hyoid apparatus acts as a first order lever.
  • (11) Dewlap extension is a characteristic component of inter- and intraspecific displays of Anolis lizards.
  • (12) Dewlap extension is accomplished by the contraction of ceratohyoid muscles associated with the hyoid apparatus.
  • (13) A mechanism for dewlap extension is proposed based on results of morphological and experimental techniques.
  • (14) To investigate the effect of anabolic treatment on the hormone levels in plasma and excreta, male veal calves were injected, subcutaneously into the dewlap, with a solution containing 20 mg of E2-17 beta benzoate and 200 mg of T propionate in 5 ml of arachis oil.
  • (15) The majority of sites yielding defensive display responses were found in the hypothalamus, while dewlap display was more readily and widely elicited.
  • (16) Specializations of the hyoid skeleton for dewlap extension include elongated second ceratobranchials and highly movable joints between the ceratohyals and the hypohyals and between the first ceratobranchials and the body of the hyoid.
  • (17) This paper describes the anatomy of the hyoid and associated musculature in Anolis equestris, a large arboreal lizard with a prominent dewlap.
  • (18) This movement results in the second ceratobranchials swinging forward and down, unfolding the dewlap.
  • (19) The dewlap is an extendible flap of skin ordinarily folded under the throat.
  • (20) These modifications include dewlaps, variations of the comb, ear lobes, and wattles, size and form variations of the beak, exuberances of the cere and orbital skin, spur defects, loss of the uropygial gland, and crop dilatations.

Pendulous


Definition:

  • (a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
  • (a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
  • (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The intrauterine source can effect pendulous displacements in linear or non-linear patterns without preparatory dilatation.
  • (2) The 'pendulating' or 'inspiratory abdominal' respiration and the sinistro- or dextrocardia are often diagnostic.
  • (3) She presented to the antenatal clinic at 31 weeks' gestation in distress because of a large, pendulous abdomen and preterm labor.
  • (4) Breasts reconstructed in this manner have remained pendulous structures.
  • (5) Recovery of spermatozoal production was also observed following spontaneous cure of chorioptic mange lesions in a ram whose scrotum had become severely thickened and pendulous due to long-standing chrorioptic mange.
  • (6) The morbid adenoid with atelectatic eardrum was differentiated from the large posterior type of adenoid of the healthy eardrum, by the pendulous projection over the choana especially in swallowing.
  • (7) It is reported about an own observation of an endobronchial, pendulous, polypoid chondrolipoma (hamartoma) which is located near the tracheal bifurcation.
  • (8) Can a breast-shaped skin envelope that is pendulous be formed through the use of a shaped expander?
  • (9) The endothelium over intimal plaques was not as pendulous as endothelium surrounding plaques.
  • (10) A technique for repair of fossa navicularis and distal pendulous urethral strictures includes elevation of a ventral flap of penile skin, which is inverted and interposed into a distal urethrotomy.
  • (11) Our experience consists of 81 patients with 89 operations with 302 anastomoses of lymphatic vessels blocked by some disease or surgical resection of benign tumors or consequent to plastic surgery (abdomen pendulous, resection of lipomas of the inguinal region of the thigh, plastic surgery of the thigh), orthopedic operations on the knee or to the stripping of varicose veins.
  • (12) The left and right ventricular sacs are alternately pumped by the pendulous moving actuator, with the left sac attached to the actuator and a free right ventricle.
  • (13) Results appear to be excellent when the procedure is used for strictures of the pendulous urethra.
  • (14) "G osh," gasps Lucy Worsley, peering intently at Edward I's pendulous swags.
  • (15) Surgical removal of adipose tissue is a widely practised form of plastic surgery most often aimed at correcting cosmetic defects after extreme weight reduction such as a pendulous abdomen.
  • (16) In all the patients with P pulmonale chest x ray showed a low cardiothoracic ratio, a considerably depressed diaphragm, and a pendulous heart.
  • (17) We talk some more about Mad Men , about: "The swirl and sound and fury of it… For a show that is as dour and moody and pendulous as ours, we have fun."
  • (18) The urethra can be divided into both anatomic (prostatic, membranous, bulbar, and pendulous) and functional (anterior and posterior) segments.
  • (19) A 23-year-old male with clinically diagnosed Lowe syndrome had bilateral cataracts, glaucoma, pendulous nystagmus, severe mental and growth retardation, hypotonia, areflexia, joints hyperextensibility, proteinuria, aminoaciduria, and metabolic acidosis.
  • (20) One of the great advantages of autogenous reconstruction over implants is that the breast remains soft, supple, and warm, improving with time as the scars begin to fade and becoming more natural and pendulous.

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