What's the difference between fascial and faucial?
Fascial
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to the fasces.
(a.) Relating to a fascia.
Example Sentences:
(1) Inductive influence of the fascial transplant has been measured in two patients; a tenfold increase in net collagen synthesis and deposition occurs for at least one year following transplantation of fascia to an imbricated scar recipient area.
(2) A radical approach to the infected abdominal wall, incorporating wide en-bloc excision of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, and strangulated intestine, facilitates successful fascial and skin closure in a noninfected field in the morbidly obese.
(3) These are related to the insertions and fascial investments of the iliopsoas, pyriformis, and obturator internus muscles and the ensheathed penetrations of the superior gluteal arteries.
(4) Since 1970, when the flexor tendon gliding mechanism of the finger has been damaged in the area of "no man's land" and conditions are less than optimal for conventional tendon grafting, the authors have attempted to graft a fascial tube including tendon and paratenon of the palmaris longus.
(5) In some cases, one or more microsurgical epiperineurium-fascial stitches (EPFS) along the proximal and distal stumps of a transected nerve permit their firm approximation, shifting tensile forces from the suture line over longer segments of the nerve stumps.
(6) A distinct fascial septum, the lamina terminalis, connecting the medial and lateral walls of the fossa to form its anterior boundary, was consistently found as a dense fibrous component attaching inferiorly to the posterior aspect of the urogenital diaphragm.
(7) Median sternotomy with ++extra-fascial removal of the whole thymus is considered the optimal approach in thymectomy.
(8) The incidence of fascial disruption after major abdominal operations is 1% to 3%, and dehiscence is associated with a mortality rate of 15% to 20%.
(9) The Kock pouch procedure has undergone a number of revisions since its conception, including creation of a valve and fascial stabilization.
(10) In 17 instances the nerve's localization was superficial, in 57 in an areolar fascial plane, and in the depth between the muscles in 41 instances.
(11) Blunt needles have been developed that are easily used in fascial closures while limiting penetrating cutaneous injury to the surgeon and the operating staff.
(12) This damage to the suture may account for disruptions of vascular and fascial wound closures in which continuous closure techniques are employed.
(13) The posterior interosseous vessels give a significant contribution to the fascial plexus which supplies the skin of the forearm.
(14) Small foci of collagenous proliferation were found along fascial planes.
(15) The texture of the fascia itself determines the structure of fascial openings for the cutaneous vessels.
(17) Salvage consisted of immediate coverage with a vascularized temporoparietal fascial flap and split-thickness skin graft.
(18) We describe our pathologic study of skin, fascial, and muscle biopsies from 21 patients evaluated by light microscopy, histochemistry, and electron microscopy.
(19) It should not be used routinely as onlay grafts in small or moderate hernias as primary fascial suturing gives better results with few wound complications when closure without tension is possible.
(20) Two fascial surface-patch arrays, each carrying 4-8 pairs of bipolar EMG electrodes, were sutured to the inner surface of the SA, one placed proximally and the other more distally.
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.