(a.) Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve.
Example Sentences:
(1) By presenting the case history of a man who successively developed facial and trigeminal neural dysfunction after Mohs chemosurgery of a PCSCC, this paper documents histologically the occurrence of such neural invasion, and illustrates the utility of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance scanning in patient management.
(2) It was hypothesized that compensatory restraining influences of surrounding soft tissues prevented a more severe facial malformation from occurring.
(3) In the upper limb and facial forms of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy first recorded in Swiss and Finns respectively, the differences in their patterns of neurological disease and ocular lesions could be the result of their amyloids deriving from proteins other than prealbumin.
(4) It was concluded that the spheno-occipital complex has a close relationship to the skeletal facial pattern and contributes to the facial formation.
(5) However, the effects of such large-scale calvarial repositioning on subsequent brain mass growth trajectories and compensatory cranio-facial growth changes is unclear.
(6) These differences in central connectivity mirror the reports on behavioral dissociation of the facial and vagal gustatory systems.
(7) No HRP-labeled axons were found in the facial and solitary nuclei and the cerebellum.
(8) In the facial fractures, a large number of these patients also sustain a head injury.
(9) The present case indicates that the possibility of osseous spines impinging on the facial nerve should be considered in all cases of facial spasm.
(10) In a recent study, Orr and Lanzetta (1984) showed that the excitatory properties of fear facial expressions previously described (Lanzetta & Orr, 1981; Orr & Lanzetta, 1980) do not depend on associative mechanisms; even in the absence of reinforcement, fear faces intensify the emotional reaction to a previously conditioned stimulus and disrupt extinction of an acquired fear response.
(11) A 56-year-old man was admitted because of left facial palsy and hearing loss of bilateral ears.
(12) House-Brackmann grading of the postoperative facial nerve function was determined from the patient records for the 1st, 3rd, and 10th days and 3 months and 6 months postoperatively, as well as the final status.
(13) However, patients can be taught how to retard the onset of wrinkles by avoiding unprotected sun exposure, unnecessary facial movements, and certain sleeping positions.
(14) Facial expression, EEG, and self-report of subjective emotional experience were recorded while subjects individually watched both pleasant and unpleasant films.
(15) A compilation of injuires sustained in an amateur ice hockey program over a tw0-year period revealed that the majority of those injuires were facial lacerations.
(16) Its potential association with midline facial defects as well as an alternative embryological explanation is discussed.
(17) Postoperatively, an independent observer assessed conscious level, crying, posture and facial expression using a simple numerical scoring system, and also recorded heart and respiratory rates over a 2-h period.
(18) Facial twitch was followed by the generalized convulsion, further progressing to trembling of the limbs and then kicking of the hindlimb (full seizure) after 55 days of age.
(19) We use this procedure to assess the excitability of the auditory nerve, the patency of the cochlea and to detect undesirable side effects of electrical stimulation, such as facial nerve activation.
(20) The anesthesiologist assessed the degree of neuromuscular blockade intraoperatively prior to pharmacologic reversal either by the standard method of visually counting the number of evoked thumb twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the ulnar nerve (i.e., thumb train-of-four count), or by an alternative method such as 1) visually counting the number of evoked orbicularis oculi muscle twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the facial nerve, or 2) observing the patient for clinical evidence of partial recovery (e.g., swallowing or attempts to breathe).
Faucial
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.
Example Sentences:
(1) This case of congenital unilateral absence of the faucial tonsil and microtia, with atresia of the external auditory canal, and an ectopic salivary gland has not been reported previously; it differs from other congenital abnormalities reported earlier.
(2) From April 1971 to October 1984, 71 patients with T1 or T2 tumors of the faucial arch were treated according to the following protocol: Telecobalt therapy to the primary site and to the neck nodes to a dose of 45 Gy.
(3) Palatoglossus has a flattened belly within the faucial pillar, a fan-shaped termination within the palate, and a vertical tapering termination within the tongue.
(4) Histologic grade was of no prognostic significance, nor was there any significant difference in the failure rate for lesions originating on the anterior faucial pillar versus that for lesions on the retromolar trigone.
(5) The data obtained in our investigations suggest the possibility of using this technique for the detection of B. pertussis antigen in faucial smears obtained from patients.
(6) The faucial tonsils were the primary site in seven cases, other head and neck sites in five, inguinal lymph nodes in four and possibly another, and the abdomen in two.
(7) All had a history of purulent or bloody nasal discharge and recurrent sinusitis, before the appearance of progressive and painful destructive phenomena that affected the rhino faucial region.
(8) Primary tumors were grouped into 4 sites, tongue (175), oral cavity including floor of mouth, faucial pillar, soft and hard palate and gingiva (210), tonsil (72) and buccal mucosa (41).
(9) Sites of the lesion included the tongue, mouth floor, buccal mucosa and oropharynx, especially the soft palate and faucial arch.
(10) A quick test, Phadirect Strep A (Pharmacia, Sweden), for the detection of faucial streptococcus A (SA) within a few minutes was compared to bacteriologic investigation in 67 patients with rheumatic diseases and tonsillitis.
(11) A relatively simple grading system which involves preoperative ability to visualize the faucial pillars, soft palate and base of uvula was designed as a means of predicting the degree of difficulty in laryngeal exposure.
(12) We compared human lymphoid cells isolated from faucial and palatine tonsils by means of 9 different biochemical-immunological parameters.
(13) This retrospective study concerns 188 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate, uvula, and anterior faucial pillar treated for cure between 1970 and 1983.
(14) The following purine and pyrimidine derivatives were identified in faucial tonsil tissue of all the patients with chronic tonsillitis studied: adenine, guanine, adenosine, guanosine, inosine and uridine.
(15) Fresh tissue from 23 consecutive cases of malignant lymphoma of the faucial tonsil, palate and base of tongue were studied histologically and with a panel of 25 monoclonal antibodies.
(16) Palatoglossus and the anterior faucial pillar were studied using three techniques: 1) gross dissection, 2) radiographic filming, and 3) histological sectioning.
(17) The concentration of 5 types of immunoglobulins in both serum and the faucial tonsil was determined.
(18) Distinct increase in content of these derivatives as well as occurrence of xanthine and uric acid (non-identified in the first group of patients with chronic tonsillitis) was noted in the patients with maximal destruction of faucial tonsil cells.
(19) Distribution of lymphatic vessels were found to coincide with clinical observations as to direction of spread of malignant lesions from the posterior palate and upper faucial area to the tongue and pharynx.
(20) We evaluated the local control rates of 140 patients with squamous cell carcinomas arising from the oropharynx, that is faucial tonsil and base of tongue.