(n.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results indicate that diaphragmed fenestrae are inducible structures, and provide an opportunity to study them in vitro.
(2) A minor portion of the lymph is produced also in the lymph-fold from where it is transported in the interstitial tissue either by transfer vesicles of the circulatory blood capillaries or by pores and fenestrae of the transudatory blood capillaries.
(3) During juvenile and adult life stages, the process becomes somewhat removed from the fenestra for obvious reasons, but at a gape of about 40 to 50 degrees it inevitably must touch the "inferior tympanic membrane" and possibly also the tympanic ring.
(4) Isolated endothelial cells were characterized by the persistence of fenestrae.
(5) These observations demonstrate that endothelial fenestrae are inducible structures and that the cytoskeleton seems to be involved in their formation.
(6) Labyrinthine trepanation was performed in the majority of 16 patients with minor agenesis of middle ear involving either stapedovestibular ankylosis or absence of fenestra vestibuli.
(7) The blood flow in the radiating arteriole through a small cochlear fenestra was recorded with motion pictures in anesthetized guinea pigs, before and after norepinephrine injection into the ipsilateral carotid artery.
(8) After platinectomy and excision of a bony sequestrum, there remained only a large fossa with an area equivalent to 3 times that of a usual fenestra ovale.
(9) Formation of attenuated, porous areas is a postnatal process, apart from single fenestrae appearing in the walls of a few immature capillaries in late fetal life.
(10) Because of the complex design of the forceps blades, which have a pelvic curve as well as a cephalic curve and a fenestra, the radius of the cephalic curve is difficult to measure.
(11) Beginning at day 4, smooth muscle cells undergo modification and migrate through fenestrae in the internal elastic lamina into the intima where they proliferate.
(12) Thereby the Fossula fenestrae rotundae is formed, which in bounded medially by the Membrana tympani secundaria.
(13) This cavity is not identical with the posterior basicranial fenestra.
(14) In both mucous and serous cells the Golgi cisterns have numerous large fenestrae which are aligned to form cytoplasmic channels which extend across the stack.
(15) Endothelial fenestrae became apparent accompanied with increased adhesion of blood elements.
(16) Results of partial stapedectomy with the formation of small fenestra and the use of teflon piston prostheses in the period of 1980-1984 are shown.
(17) In the case of immature capillaries, the materials pass freely through the endothelial cells, and to a lesser extent are transferred via occasional plasmalemmal vesicles and fenestrae.
(18) Our data thus confirm the existence of both small and large fenestrae in the endothelial wall, in contradistinction to previous studies showing only regular, medium sized (100 nm) openings.
(19) The ultrastructure of diaphragmed fenestrae and the process of their de novo formation were examined in cultured endothelial cells cloned from fenestrated capillaries of bovine adrenal medulla.
(20) Diaphragmed fenestrae (DF) are sites of increased vascular permeability.
Opening
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Open
(n.) The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
(n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.
(n.) Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
(n.) A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings.
Example Sentences:
(1) says Gregg Wallace opening the new series of Celebrity MasterChef (Mon-Fri, 2.15pm, BBC1).
(2) Open field behaviors and isolation-induced aggression were reduced by anxiolytics, at doses which may be within the sedative-hypnotic range.
(3) His son, Karim Makarius, opened the gallery to display some of the legacy bequeathed to him by his father in 2009, as well as the work of other Argentine photographers and artists – currently images by contemporary photographer Facundo de Zuviria are also on show.
(4) Blatter requires a two-thirds majority of the 209 voters to triumph in the opening round, with a simple majority required if it goes to a second round.
(5) Clonazepam was added to the treatment of patients with poorly controlled epilepsy in a double-blind trial and an open trial.
(6) By hybridization studies, three plasmids in two forms (open circular and supercoiled) were detected in the strain A24.
(7) It is the only fully-fledged casino to open in the region, outside Lebanon.
(8) Sixty-six patients were followed for 12 months in an open safety study.
(9) The PUP founder made the comments at a voters’ forum and press conference during an open day held at his Palmer Coolum Resort, where he invited the electorate to see his giant robotic dinosaur park, memorabilia including his car collection and a concert by Dean Vegas, an Elvis impersonator.
(10) The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of cromakalim (BRL 34915), a potent drug from a new class of drugs characterized as "K+ channel openers", on the electrical activity of human skeletal muscle.
(11) An opening wedge osteotomy is then directed posterior-dorsal to anterior-plantar, to effectively plantarflex the posterior aspect of the calcaneus.
(12) … or a theatre and concert hall There are a total of 16 ghost stations on the Paris metro; stops that were closed or never opened.
(13) The decline in the frequency of serious complications was primarily due to a decrease in the proportion of patients with open fractures treated with plate osteosynthesis from nearly 50% to 19%.
(14) At 100 microM-ACh the apparent open time became shorter probably due to channel blockade by ACh molecules.
(15) 'The French see it as an open and shut case,' says a Paris-based diplomat.
(16) The White House denied there had been an agreement, but said it was open in principle to such negotations.
(17) The following model is suggested: exogenous ATP interacts with a membrane receptor in the presence of Ca2+, a cascade of events occurs which mobilizes intracellular calcium, thereby increasing the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration which consequently opens the calcium-activated K+ channels, which then leads to a change in membrane potential.
(18) The data indicate greater legitimacy and openness in discussing holocaust-related issues in the homes of ex-partisans than in the homes of ex-prisoners in concentration camps.
(19) He also plans to build a processing facility where tourists can gain firsthand experience of the fisheries industry, and to open a restaurant.
(20) He had been just asked to open their new town hall, in the hope he might donate a Shakespeare statue.