(1) Comparison of the S100 alpha-binding protein profiles in fast- and slow-twitch fibers of various species revealed few, if any, species- or fiber type-specific S100 binding proteins.
(2) The final number of fibers--140,000-165,000--is reached by the sixth week after birth.
(3) In the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus (Vc), the collaterals of one half of the periodontium afferent fibers terminated mainly in lamina V at the rostral and middle levels of Vc.
(4) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
(5) Both histochemical methods revealed the presence of intra-insular fiber plexuses.
(6) The present study was done in order to document the ability of the eighth cranial nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) to regenerate, the anatomic characteristics of the regenerated fibers, and the specificity of projections from individual endorgan branches of the nerve.
(7) "Acoustic" craters were produced by two laser pulses delivered into a saline-filled metal fiber cap, which was placed in a mechanically drilled crater.
(8) The minimal change in gel fiber size caused by slow A release implies that fibrin fiber size is primarily a function of ionic environment and not of the sequence of peptide release.
(9) Stimulation of parallel fibers or iontophoresis of acetylcholine excited P cells.
(10) There was no significant correlation between mitochondrial volume and number of SO fibers following endurance exercise training.
(11) The perforant pathway and fimbria fornix were transected to label afferent fibers to NPY-positive cells.
(12) The primary afferent fibers diverge in the brainstem into a short ascending and a long descending tract.
(13) Electron microscopic immunohistochemistry revealed histamine-immunostaining in granules in a small number of nerve fibers and varicosities.
(14) In vitro studies in cardiac Purkinje fibers suggested that reversal of amitriptyline-induced cardiac membrane effects by sodium bicarbonate may be attributed not only to alkalinization but also to increased in extracellular sodium concentration, diminishing the local anesthetic action of amitriptyline and resulting in less sodium channel block.
(15) CW Nd:YAG light transmitted by fiber optic cable and sapphire crystal was applied transsclerally to the ciliary body of pigmented and albino rabbits.
(16) However, cimetidine did not show any effect on the proliferation of collagenous fibers in the interstitial space of the mucosa.
(17) Electron microscopic observations of the masseter nerve in the aged cats revealed a disruption of the myelin sheaths and a pronounced increase in collagen fibers in the endoneurium and perineurium.
(18) At 7 days axonal swellings were infrequently observed and the main structural feature was a reduction in myelin thickness in affected nerve fibers.
(19) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(20) In the medium-size intermediate fibers, the number and diameter of the mitochondrial columns are intermediate between those of the red and white fibers.
Fibroid
Definition:
(a.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors.
(n.) A fibroid tumor; a fibroma.
Example Sentences:
(1) In premenopausal women, submucous fibroids were the main findings and in post-menopausal women, 59 per cent had an atrophic endometrium.
(2) These can be divided aetiologically in to: 54 cases of simple hyperplasia of the endometrium (15.9%), 34 cases with submucous fibroids (10.6%), 26 cases of adenomyosis (5.9%).
(3) Only 2 of 12 fibroids, which showed a smaller response (less than 50%) to GnRH therapy, were reduced by more than 35% after 4 and 8 weeks.
(4) Retrospective statistical analysis showed that a 50% reduction in fibroid size due to GnRH treatment is preceded by a 35% reduction after 4 weeks in 81% of cases, and after 8 weeks in all cases.
(5) Of the six cases that did not meet the MR criteria for the diagnosis of leiomyoma, three were proved to be degenerated fibroids, one was squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, and two were ovarian malignant tumors.
(6) It is easy to fall into diagnostic and therapeutic traps when uterine fibroids are known to be present, especially when they occur concomitantly with a condition such as irregular uterine bleeding, infertility, or pregnancy.
(7) Six patients with large uterine fibroids were given a single subcutaneous implant of an LHRH analogue (goserelin 3.5 mg) prior to elective hysterectomy.
(8) Both unoccupied oestradiol receptors (measured by separating bound from free hormone with dextran-coated charcoal; DCC) and 'total' receptor populations (as measured by an enzyme immunoassay) were measured in each fibroid and adjoining myometrium.
(9) There are variations in the type and frequency of ultrasound equipment, maternal anatomical characteristics (obesity, coexisting fibroids, uterine version), and in the visual acuity of observers.
(10) A sample of 58 cases of genital malignancies are compared with 50 cases of benign neoplasms (fibroids) and their effects on sexuality, as a parameter of the quality of life, are studied and reported.
(11) Twelve patients (group II) had abnormal hysteroscopic findings including small uterine septa, small submucous fibroids, uterine hypoplasia and cervical ridges.
(12) Inflammatory fibroid polyps are lesions occurring in the submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract.
(13) Cao suffered from several conditions, including tuberculosis, liver disease and uterine fibroids, according to the New York-based group Human Rights in China .
(14) Risk factors for uterine fibroids were analyzed in a hospital-based case-control study conducted in the greater Milan area, based on 275 women with histologically confirmed fibroids and 722 controls with acute nongynecologic or hormone-related conditions.
(15) Macroscopically the tumor reveals a striking resemblance with an uterine fibroid.
(16) Among 3,200 polyps of the stomach, we diagnosed inflammatory fibroid polyp in 143 patients (4.5%).
(17) Whereas leiomyoma exhibited higher estradiol binding capacity, the concentration of progesterone receptors was low in fibroid tumors.
(18) Postoperative pathological examination of the resected stomach disclosed a widely spreading early carcinoma and two concomitant submucosal lesions which were histologically compatible with inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP).
(19) A new method of vaginal removal of submucous fibroids was attempted on 151 patients.
(20) In women with uterine fibroids, therapy leads to reduction of uterine volume and alleviation of symptoms although the benefit is rapidly reversed when therapy ceases.