(n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.
Example Sentences:
(1) The incidence of femur fracture in non-cemented hip arthroplasty has been reported to be between 4.1% and 27.8%.
(2) The patient had experienced repeated spontaneous fractures for 1.5 years such as serial rib fractures, fractures of the sternum and most recently fracture of the neck of the femur after a minimal trauma.
(3) has been measured in 67 consective cases of fracture of the proximal femur.
(4) Implants and femurs from both Cl2MBP groups had a higher ash content than controls, but uptake of the two isotopes was not affected.
(5) The biomechanical strength of femur of adult rats was tested after immobilization for 9 weeks and remobilization for 12 weeks of 1 hind leg.
(6) The variations of the elastic properties and the density around the circumference of both the immature osteopetrotic femur and the unaffected femur were found to be similar to those previously measured on normal adult bovine femora.
(7) The rib was the most frequent site of the former; the distal femur, of the latter.
(8) A woman in labor and not wearing a seat belt sustained multiple fractures of the pelvis and femur while in an automobile accident.
(9) Whereas all extant vertical clingers and leapers share certain femoral traits (i.e., long femur, proximally restricted trochanters, ventrally raised patellar articular surface), Galagidae and Tarsiidae share features of the proximal femur (i.e., cylindrical head, large posterior expansion of articular surface onto the neck) that clearly distinguish them from the specialized leapers of the Malagasy Republic (Indriidae and Lepilemur).
(10) The ceramic sections, approximately 15.3 mg, were implanted into both proximal femurs of 10 male and 10 female albino SW rats.
(11) We successfully applied it in the treatment of eight fractures of the shafts of the femur or tibia which would not unite because of infection, soft tissue interposition or gross incongruity of fragments.
(12) For stage III of the disease different osteotomies of the proximal femur are recommended.
(13) In 13 growing pigs (mini-pigs) all veins draining the head of femur were ligated intra-abdominally.
(14) Changes in radiostrontium clearance (SrC) and bone formation (tetracycline labeling) were observed in the femurs of skeletally mature dogs following the various operative steps involved in bone screw fixation.
(15) Furthermore, the femurs of the CT-deficient rats were narrower at midshaft and shorter, indicating reduced bone growth.
(16) This revision rod, used temporarily, is interlocked in the distal healthy part of the femur.
(17) However, cerclage wiring has a statistically significant effect (p less than 0.025) on the ability of the fractured femur to withstand increased load.
(18) Four methyl methacrylate bone substitutes were investigated in bilateral multiple bone defects in the femurs of five rhesus monkeys and five mongrel dogs.
(19) Thyroxine complementation in TX or TPTX mothers induced a normalization of the fetal percentage of ash in both cases; a trend towards an increased value was observed in the percentage of ash of fetal femurs.
(20) Both lower limbs were abnormal: the left had a single slender long bone articulating with the foot, which was markedly dorsiflexed and had only 2 toes; on the right the femur was angulated, the fibula was absent, and only 4 metatarsals were present with 4 toes.
Gluteus
Definition:
(n.) Same as Glut/us.
Example Sentences:
(1) In order to determine whether there is a relationship between soma diameter and oxidative enzyme activity of alpha-motoneurons, we investigated the alpha-motoneurons innervating the different portions within a rat gluteus medius muscle.
(2) Rectal wall reconstruction was performed using gracilis muscle transfer, and sacral reconstruction was performed by gluteus maximus muscle island transfer.
(3) The caudal neurovascular trunk of the space between the gluteus medius and vastus lateralis is situated at a distance of 3 to 5 cm from the greater trochanter.
(4) The results of this series are then compared with those published by other authors using different techniques, with particular attention to gluteus maximus musculo-cutaneous island flaps and purely cutaneous flaps.
(5) During operation the insertion of the gluteal minimus muscle to the trochanter was carefully detached in a way that only the fibres of the gluteus medius remained on the bone.
(6) With Osborne's right buttock approach, the gluteus maximus muscle was divided in the direction of its fibers, exposing a 3.5 by 5 cm aneurysm which was located above, the sciatic nerve and adherent to it.
(7) But, the stability was not as good with 20 per cent insufficiencies of the gluteus medius, implying for these patients the use of a walking-stick, the impossibility of standing on one leg, and the Trendelenburg sign.
(8) We report one case of leiomyosarcoma of the gluteus with precocious lung metastases in a 65-year-old female.
(9) From these results, I concluded that although the gluteus medius plays the major role in hip abduction, the rectus femoris and gluteus maximus may act as stabilizers for maintaining the position of hip abduction.
(10) The purposes of this study were to develop a protocol to examine the reliability of manual muscle testing in a clinical setting and to use that protocol to assess the interrater reliability of manually testing the strength of the middle trapezius and gluteus medius muscles.
(11) Since TS includes the muscular and fatty thickness of the gluteus, the value for T-TS is always lesser than that for the upper part of the body and therefore these are variables which do not clearly illustrate changes in linear proportionality.
(12) This time, a 2 inch square piece of fascia and its underlying muscle from the gluteus medius were used to reinforce the closure.
(13) In the pelvic region three major compartments (gluteus medius-minimus compartment, gluteus maximus compartment, and iliopsoas compartment) can be distinguished from the smaller compartment of the tensor fasciae latae muscle.
(14) The gluteus medius of two killed Thoroughbred horses were sampled along the muscle and across the muscle at four different depths.
(15) Quantitative electromyography showed evidence of myopathy in the proximal muscle in 25 patients, i.e., reduced MUP duration and amplitude with increased polyphasia in the deltoid and the gluteus maximus.
(16) These results show that the vastus lateralis or deltoid muscle groups are preferable to the gluteus maximus as injection sites because of the more rapid rates of drug absorption from those muscles.
(17) The advantages of using the tendinous insertion of the gluteus maximus into the femur over that of the lesser trochanter is that it is easy to palpate and visualize through the standard lateral and posterolateral approaches to the hip and proximal femur.
(18) By leaving the gluteus maximus muscle attached to the posterior flap, the rate of flap necrosis, initially 55 percent, was eliminated completely in the last 38 patients.
(19) The motoneurons innervating the deep portion were located caudally within the gluteus medius motoneuron pool and had smaller average soma diameter than that of motoneurons innervating the superficial portion.
(20) Muscle fibre recruitment was investigated during draught loaded exercise by studying glycogen depletion patterns from histochemical stains of muscle biopsies from the gluteus and semitendinosus muscles.