What's the difference between distended and ventriculous?
Distended
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Distend
Example Sentences:
(1) The combination of an over-distended uterus caused by a multiple-fetus pregnancy with therapeutic bed-rest may cause mechanical ileus.
(2) The epididymis appeared distended but without any visible sperms.
(3) In a noncontracting in vitro preparation of combined right and left atria we demonstrated by electron microscopy that, at 37 degrees C, transition from zero pressure to a physiological distending pressure of 5.1 mm Hg rapidly rendered atrial endocardial endothelium permeable to the macromolecular probes horseradish peroxidase (HRP; M(r), approximately 40,000) and wheat germ agglutinin-HRP (M(r), approximately 70,000); each probe was introduced at the atrial cavitary endocardial surface.
(4) However, separation of the capsule from the bony glenoid can be detected if a joint effusion is present to adequately distend the joint.
(5) The surgical treatment was ligation of the distended vein immediately distal to the fistula in the hand, and fistula function was preserved.
(6) Eight 'normal' gallbladders and six distended gallbladders from patients with carcinomatous obstruction of the common bile duct were examined.
(7) Immediately after the perforation, the patient entered into vascular collapse and respiratory distress, with a distended abdomen.
(8) As the mosquito ingests blood, sensory information from the distending abdomen reaches the mid gut via the nerve cord, brain and stomatogastric system.
(9) Chains of low-amplitude contractions (repeated small deviations from base line) were detected before parturition was induced, and these were more common at distended parts of the uterus.
(10) The rate of acquisition increased as a function of the distending pressure.
(11) Contracted and distended bladders incubated in 0.01 M sodium bicarbonate were compared to identical preparations experimentally incubated in 5 mM thioglycolic acid.
(12) Amplitude, duration and magnitude (as measured by planimetry) of anal relaxation elicited by rectal distensions were related to rectal distending volume (P less than 0.001).
(13) The periosteal fibroblasts of OI35 contained grossly distended rough endoplasmic reticulum consistent with the 53% reduction in collagen secretion by cultured dermal fibroblasts.
(14) Many virus particles were observed within distended cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum 22 h p.i., and matrices of viroplasm were found close to developing virus particles.
(15) In orbital surgery, distended and thinned extraocular muscles were precisely localized and preserved anatomically and functionally.
(16) An enlarged cervical lymph node contained many abnormal plasma cells, which were distended with immunoglobulin; this material appeared to be released into lymph spaces when the cells burst.
(17) Among 52 unit discharges observed, 36 (69.2%) showed that electro-acupuncturing "Zusanli" point abolished the inhibitory reaction induced by distending stomach.
(18) (n = 18) in the presence of a distended bladder and 7.0 cm.
(19) The pathogenesis involves the release of kinins, the triggering of neurogen reflex mechanisms by distending the jejunum, the massive flow of fluid in jejunal lumen, the loss of the reservoir function of the stomach, and, possibly, the pathologic release of gastrointestinal hormones.
(20) A controlled study is in progress to delineate the optimum distending airway pressures at specific inspired oxygen concentrations in order to reduce the incidence of alveolar rupture to a minimum.
Ventriculous
Definition:
(a.) Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.
Example Sentences:
(1) In spite of the limitations arising from the complex geometry of the right ventricule, echocardiography may be the most important non-invasive technique in the evaluation of the structural and functional repercussion of hypertension on the right ventricle.
(2) Twenty-six of 41 patients with solitary liver cysts, some of them with ventriculation, received surgical treatment.
(3) When observed, pathological lesions consisted of air sacculitis, fibrinopurulent polyserositis and ventriculitis.
(4) This is the first case of a fulminant phase of mumps ventriculitis leading to aqueductal stenosis, which has been treated using a ventriculoscope for the first time.
(5) We describe a case of post-operative ventriculitis in an immunocompetent patient caused by an unusual organism, namely Rhodotorula rubra.
(6) The hypoplasia of the left ventricule produced by the almost total absence of its trabecular zone has not been previously reported.
(7) After one year the patients from the control group featured twice as more cases with coronary instability and more frequent ventricule rhythm disturbances (32.6%) as compared to the patients from the rehab group (20.8%).
(8) The results show good and exceptionally good reproducibility (r = 0.80 up to 0.90) of the quantitative indices for global left ventricular function in all projections with the exception of the end systolic volume index of the left ventricule in the cranial left anterior oblique projection (r = 0.67) and of the ejection fraction in the left oblique projections (r = 0.6 and 0.68).
(9) The pathogenesis of the ventriculitis is discussed on the basis of the histomorphological structure of the ependyma, the subependymal tissue and the glycogen-rich choroid plexus within the first few weeks after birth.
(10) On follow-up the bones healed, but one patient was left with hip deformity secondary to destruction of the cartilaginous femoral heads and another patient developed obstructive hydrocephalus due to Candida ventriculitis.
(11) Clinical and biochemical evidence of ventriculitis was absent in all patients.
(12) This study supports the advantages of this technique in the diagnosis and management of ventriculitis.
(13) The PVH score was obtained by dividing the areas of PVH by those of brain parenchyma at the level of the body of the lateral ventricule.
(14) Treatment of fungemia and ventriculitis with amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine was successful.
(15) The atrioventricular conduction time, as measured on isolated rabbit heart preparation containing both auricles and the left ventricule, was also lengthened in the presence of bisaramil in a concentration-dependent manner.
(16) We specifically excluded patients in whom isolation of the lateral ventricle was secondary to ventriculitis.
(17) Cranial sonography is also of use when evaluating children with inflammatory processes such as ventriculitis; sonography is superior to CT scans in identifying intraventricular septae typical of the process.
(18) All of 16 infants with neonatal meningitis treated during a 30-month period were found to have accompanying ventriculitis at the time of the initial ventricular puncture.
(19) We reviewed our experience with ventriculitis in newborns with myelomeningocele and its relationship to antibiotic usage and time of back closure.
(20) The concentrations of angiotensin I (AI) and II (AII) were determined by radioimmunoassay in blood from the main pulmonary artery (MPA) and left ventricule (LV) of ten subjects with rheumatic valvular heart disease.