What's the difference between disarticulator and skeleton?

Disarticulator


Definition:

  • (n.) One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When the primary amputation occurred after the age of 12 years or when disarticulation was carried out, revisions were unnecessary.
  • (2) Nodular lung metastases occurred in a small number of animals long after the early radical disarticulation of a tumor-bearing leg.
  • (3) Tibial aplasia is best treated by disarticulation and early mobilization.
  • (4) Fourteen freshly disarticulated knee specimens were studied to assess the usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the detection and correct staging of patellar chondral lesions.
  • (5) Amputation or major disarticulation (139 cases) gave corresponding survival rates of 45% and 29%.
  • (6) Hip disarticulation can be performed with low mortality rates in selected patients.
  • (7) Three types of microcycle conidiation were seen among progeny of N. crassa Vickramam A x N. crassa a wild-type: (1) multinucleate blastoconidia produced by apical budding and septation, (2) multinucleate arthroconidia produced by holothallic septation and disarticulation of cells, and (3) uninucleate microconidia produced directly from conidiogenous cells of the germlings.
  • (8) He reported this was his second total femur replacement and made passing reference to his first such case, noting only that it had been undertaken in a desperate effort to avert a hip disarticulation.
  • (9) After radical hip disarticulation, follow up pathologic studies of the disarticulated limb showed the tumor to be confined to the anterior compartment of the left thigh without extracompartmental extension.
  • (10) Hip disarticulation, especially in patients with peripheral vascular disease, has been associated with high morbidity and mortality rates.
  • (11) Interscapulothoracic amputation, disarticulation of the hip and hemipelvectomy were performed relatively seldom in the past.
  • (12) What killed the hominids remains unclear, but considering the association of originally disarticulated bones of such hydraulically distinct types as phalanges and maxillae, it is very likely that they died and partially rotted at or very near this site.
  • (13) To avoid the severe mutilation of a hip disarticulation and to improve limb-fitting, a method of partial limb preservation is proposed.
  • (14) Significant improvement over standard knee disarticulation or distal above-knee amputation can be achieved.
  • (15) Thus, disarticulation of ossicles can be localized precisely, and fixation of the head of the malleus can be differentiated from stapes fixation.
  • (16) The results of this case suggest that preservation of the mandibular condyle for lateral fixation of the bone graft is superior to disarticulation of the temporomandibular joint in terms of cosmetic and functional outcomes.
  • (17) The major features are congenital disarticulation and congenital amputation associated with various orofacial deficits.
  • (18) A combined extra- and intralaryngeal method of submucosal exenteration of the larynx and arytenoidectomy on one half, and cordopexy and disarticulation of the arytenoid was carried out on 30 patients.
  • (19) Three cohorts of patients who had had either a limb-sparing procedure, an above-the-knee amputation, or disarticulation of the hip were compared.
  • (20) The patient has been followed for five years after disarticulation without developing evidence of distant metastasis.

Skeleton


Definition:

  • (n.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
  • (n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
  • (n.) A very thin or lean person.
  • (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
  • (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
  • (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since all human cadaveric tissue is fixed whilst on the skeleton, we may assume that shrinkage of the muscles in such specimens is negligible.
  • (2) This result indicates that the bone marrow is a very useful material for the detection of diazepam in skeletonized remains.
  • (3) Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica - an epiphyseal developmental disturbance of the skeleton - is combined with exostose-like, tumor-simulating cartilaginous hypertrophy of bone tissue, mainly located at the epiphyses of the lower extremities and at the tarsal bones.
  • (4) Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) was first described in 1868 as "hyperostosis of the entire skeleton".
  • (5) The alveolar stability requires particular properties of both the fibrous skeleton and the alveolar surfactant film.
  • (6) Heart- lung- and skeleton examinations remain unchanged, and represent 71 to 79% of the total number, but there has been a marked charge in other examinations.
  • (7) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
  • (8) In support of this argument, a case of erosive arthritis is reported in a skeleton from Kulubnarti, Republic of the Sudan (c. 700-1450 A.D.).
  • (9) The author describes three systems for (1) the treatment of mandibular fractures; (2) the treatment of midface fractures, for reconstructive surgery of the facial skeleton and the skull, and for orthognathic surgery; and (3) the reconstruction of mandibular defects including condyle replacement.
  • (10) The abnormalities described might bear some relation to the densification of the skeleton seen in pycnodysostosis.
  • (11) The participation of neural crest cells in development of the dermal skeleton is discussed by way of the repartition of the odontods within the pectoral fin.
  • (12) This malformation was demonstrated in alcian-blue- and alizarin-red-stained fetal skeletons by measurements of the distance between the cartilaginous ends of each vertebral arch.
  • (13) A study was undertaken to assess whether CT measurements of the upper craniofacial skeleton accurately represent the bony region imaged.
  • (14) The destabilization of the red cell membrane skeleton in the presence of crude iHCR is caused by release of hemin, which lowers the stability of membrane skeleton by weakening the spectrin-protein 4.1-actin interaction.
  • (15) These data suggest that the main route for the formation of the carbon skeleton of aspartate was by a C(3) plus C(1) condensation, with the C(3) unit derived from the isopropyl carbons of valine and the C(1) unit probably from carbon dioxide.
  • (16) Nevertheless, the band 3 population solubilized by Triton X-100 from prelabeled ghosts was as well phosphorylated as the population of band 3 retained by the skeletons.
  • (17) Seventy-seven patients with metastases confined to skeleton and 73 patients bearing visceral-only disease were identified.
  • (18) The authors describe the maternal transport and delivery of a neonate with a serious disorder that required specialized attention at an hour when most hospitals are staffed with a skeleton crew.
  • (19) (2) It is suggested that the boundaries of the bipolar limb system lie in the girdle skeleton and at the distal end of the limb, respectively, and that it is the apical epidermis of the growing or regenerating limb which defines the distal boundary conditions.
  • (20) In 12 patients with neurofibromatosis of the maxillofacial region distinct changes of the facial skeleton were found, which in localisation and extent largely conformed to the more or less wide soft tissue hyperplasias.

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