(1) Failure was more likely with a subluxated, tilted, or excessively thick patella or flexed femoral component.
(2) Pharmacological actions on the nociceptive flexion flexes of the hindlimb were investigated in 14 normal subjects.
(3) But Wawrinka, who seemed to be flexing his knee a moment ago, is making more mistakes.
(4) With the whole spine flexed, muscle activity in the cervical erector spinae, trapezius and thoracic erector spinae muscles was higher than when the whole spine was straight and vertical.
(5) 'Squeeze' with the left hand followed by 'flex' with the right elbow.
(6) The infant, who was utterly small for his gestational age, showed an aberrant motoric pattern and a high forehead, low-set ears, a prominent occiput and scoliosis, an extension defect in the knee joints and flexed, ulnar-deviated wrists.
(7) This paper examined the mobility of intervertebral joints in axial rotation in a neutral and in two flexed positions.
(8) When the hair is maintained flexed its sensory neurone discharges tonically (Fig.
(9) The elongate and slim shape of the trunk provides great mass moments of inertia and that means stability against being flexed ventrally and dorsally by the forward and rearward movements of the heavy and long hindlimbs.
(10) On admission, his right hand and all of right fingers were flexed.
(11) These tendons pass dorsally from the median nerve through the carpal canal, where the nerve is subject to pressure when the tendons stretch whilst the wrist is flexed.
(12) For a nation that has begun to flex its military muscles, its presence on another world perfectly demonstrates its national prowess.
(13) An extended position proved to be more successful in demonstrating that finding than the flexed one.
(14) Blood pump diaphragms are required to be biocompatible and must be capable of long-term flexing without failure.
(15) As the earliest treatment the fixation of the shoulder joint in abduction and external rotation with flexed elbow on a splint as prevention of further stretch on the plexus and contractures seems to be the most important masure; later on a physio-therapy and mobilisation of the joints is of essential importance.
(16) At approximately 70% of the fracture load for the 90 degrees flexed knee, nearly 35% of the contact area was exposed to pressures greater than 25 MPa.
(17) A separation between the femur and the tibia of 1.3-3.8 mm was found in 3 knees which were slightly flexed during the traction.
(18) Cholesterol and stigmastanol are largely buried in the hydrocarbon part of the membrane, distinctly restricting the flexing motions of the fatty acyl chains whereas the conformation of the phospholipid headgroups is little affected.
(19) After ingesting even a small amount of sucrose, the fly begins making frequent, tight turns, flexes its front tarsi to bring more chemosensory hairs into contact with the substrate and repeatedly extends and retracts its proboscis.
(20) Another case confirmed that an abduction force on the flexed hip can produce anterior dislocation of the hip.
Ilex
Definition:
(n.) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
(n.) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Amazonian Peru and Ecuador leaf decoctions of the rainforest holly Ilex guayusa with high caffeine concentrations are used as a morning stimulant.
(2) A Havant council spokesman said the mini-tornado is believed to have caused damage to properties in Blackthorn Road and Ilex Walk, although no injuries had been reported.
(3) The antimicrobial activities of seven Epicoccum purpurascens strains isolated either from evergreen oak leaves (Quercus ilex) collected over a period of one year, or from the atmosphere were compared in vitro.
(4) Point estimates of relative risk associated with smoking variables, ingestion of infusions of the herb Ilex paraguariensis (maté), and selected dietary items were obtained by stratified and logistic regression analysis.
(5) The polyphenols are part of the composition of many foods, it is known the inhibitory effect of tea and coffee through the tannins on iron intestinal absorption; the "yerba mate" (Ilex Paraguarensis) is a beverage widely used in South America, that has a high content of a polyphenol named chlorogenic acid.
(6) Treatment for 28 days with preparations of burdock (Arctium lappa), cashew (Anacardium occidentale), dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), elder (Sambucus nigra), fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), guayusa (Ilex guayusa), hop (Humulus lupulus), nettle (Urtica dioica), cultivated mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus), sage (Salvia officinale), and wild carrot (Daucus carrota) did not affect the parameters of glucose homeostasis examined in normal mice (basal plasma glucose and insulin, glucose tolerance, insulin-induced hypoglycaemia and glycated haemoglobin).
(7) Ilexonin A is an effective compound isolated from Ilex pubescens Hook.
(8) In previous tests, sugars were detected in P.ariasi after their exposure to aphid-infested oak (Quercus ilex L.), but not when P.ariasi females were exposed to washed oak leaves without aphids.
(9) Point estimates of RR associated with smoking variables, alcohol variables, nutritional items and ingestion of hot infusions of the herb Ilex paraguariensis ('Mate') were obtained by logistic regression analysis.
(10) Maté drinking, a hot infusion of Ilex paraguayensis commonly drunk in parts of South America, has been associated with increased risks of upper digestive cancers.
(11) A literature survey on chemical constituents of Ilex species is given.
(12) We isolated the gene for tRNA(2Ile) (ileX) and found that the anticodon is CAT, which is characteristic of the methionine tRNA gene.
(13) About two-thirds of flies caged with oak (Quercus ilex L.) infested with an aphid [Lachnus roboris (L.)] and about a fifth kept with leaves of the french bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) infested with an aphid took honeydew.
(14) A case-control study was undertaken to ascertain the possible association of the local custom of drinking infusions of Ilex paraguariensis ("maté") with cancer of the esophagus, after controlling for well-known risk factors, such as alcohol and tobacco consumption.