(n.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.
(n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparisons of ICR locations were made between flexion and extension, between left and right limbs, and between living and dead dogs, using analysis of variance.
(2) Unrecognized flexion injuries of the cervical spine may lead to late instability and neurologic damage.
(3) The prognosis was adversely affected by obesity, preoperative flexion contracture of 30 degrees or more, wound-healing problems, wound infection, and postoperative manipulation under general anesthesia.
(4) The technique of two-plane angiography of femoro-popliteal bypasses with 90 degrees knee flexion is described.
(5) Physiotherapy for 4 to 12 weeks produced improvement, but in four cases early operation for excision of fibrous tissue and lengthening of the triceps was necessary to restore adequate flexion.
(6) Tension in flexor tendons during wrist flexion may play a role in otherwise unexplained instances of the carpal tunnel syndrome.
(7) Five cases of bilateral abduction contracture of the shoulder in adults including the first case of bilateral abduction contractures of shoulder and hip plus bilateral flexion contracture of elbow and extension contracture of a knee are reported.
(8) We found that the Gallie system generally allowed significantly more rotation in flexion, extension, axial rotation, and lateral bending than the other three fixation techniques.
(9) The lower neck flexion is 35 degrees and extension of the plane of the face 15 degrees, each angle measured relative to horizontal.
(10) Flexion of the knee beyond 40 degrees progressively diminished viability of the edges of the wound, particularly the lateral edge.
(11) Intertester reliability for measurements obtained with a goniometer was .90 for flexion and .86 for extension.
(12) In these three patients, laxity of the knee in flexion was so severe that posterior instability could not be corrected merely by patellar relocation.
(13) X-ray study of this region in lateral projection was did, in neutral position and flexion-extension of the neck.
(14) The results of the Tinel percussion test, the Phalen wrist-flexion test, and the new test were evaluated in thirty-one patients (forty-six hands) in whom the presence of carpal tunnel syndrome had been proved electrodiagnostically, as well as in a control group of fifty subjects.
(15) Although the entire cohort of neck patients, regardless of group assignment, improved significantly on all the outcome variables over the 6-week period, patients receiving intermittent traction performed significantly better than those assigned to the no traction group in terms of pain (P = 0.03), forward flexion (P = 0.01), right rotation (P = 0.004) and left rotation (P = 0.05).
(16) flexion, stretch, rolling, startle, jumping (stepping), and writhing.
(17) By placing the thigh in external flexion-rotation the deep femoral artery can readily be approached downstream the first perforating artery.
(18) Whereas in flexion stress all methods showed a sufficient stability, the rotation tests proved, that in case of a dorsal instability of the lower cervical spine, posterior interlaminar wiring or anterior plate stabilization showed no reliable stabilization effect.
(19) In severely impaired limbs, there was a marked shift in both the peak EMG angle and the angular domain of EMG activity for both biceps and triceps muscle groups, away from the normal elbow flexion-extension axis towards external humeral rotation and shoulder girdle elevation.
(20) On physical examination the patients complained of pain on both passive flexion and internal rotation of the hip, and when the thigh was pushed backwards at 90 degrees of flexion.
Inflexion
Definition:
(n.) Inflection.
Example Sentences:
(1) Using the mathematical concept of the first and second derivatives, the point of inflexion is obtained, and interpreted as that condition wherein the individual utilizes with maximum efficacy the ingested nitrogen; nitrogen ingestion, which corresponds to that point, is therefore taken as the dietary nitrogen recommendation for the individual.
(2) The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its annual World Energy Outlook , found that coal was “at an inflexion point” with a marked decline in consumption in the biggest market, China.
(3) Three parameters of Gompertz equation, mature size (A), rate of maturing (K) and inflexion point (e-1 A) were analyzed in relation to age of menarche.
(4) The moment of inflexion between both phases, TI, marked the onset of sedimentation of aggregates and corresponded very well with TA, at which time already 92-98% of the cells were aggregated as quantitated by microscopy.
(5) The temperature--activity relationship for the enzyme from 27 to 45 degrees C showed an Arrhenius plot with an inflexion at 36 degrees C. When 5-carboxymethyl-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde and NAD were used as variable substrates, the double reciprocal plots were all linear and the lines intersected at one point below the horizontal axis, suggesting that a sequential mechanism is operating.
(6) Plots of the magnitude of potentiation against the number of conditioning impulses would sometimes show an upward inflexion depending on the parameters of stimulation.
(7) The following parameters of spinal motoneurones showed no significant differences between normal and dystrophic mice: resting and action potentials, the amplitude and duration of after-hyperpolarization, rheobasic current for excitation, threshold for excitation of the somadendritic membrane (IS-SD inflexion) and input resistance.
(8) Flexion of the trunk is the most stressing; walking, rotations and lateral inflexions increase only moderately the intradiscal pressure.
(9) This inflexion point was displaced to the right by ouabain.2.
(10) An inflexion point of enzyme activity at 38 - 42 degrees C of the bovine serum amineoxidase was found.
(11) The curve illustrating the number of surviving subjects in relation to the time which had elapsed since the injury displayed two definite and two indicated inflexions suggesting increased lethality.
(12) The best retention is the immobility of the arm by inflexion of 90 grade.
(13) The Arrhenius plots showed inflexions at about 22 degrees C, as with the free enzyme, the changes in slope being small at the pH optimum of about 5.9 and becoming much more pronounced as the pH is increased or decreased.
(14) These inflexions represent a change in the reaction kinetics, possibly a conformational change in the enzyme.
(15) Volumetric titration of aqueous solutions of haematoporphyrin IX (HP) yields two inflexion points, whereas four pK values can be obtained via mathematical fitting of the experimental data.
(16) The initial wave was positive with an inflexion on the rising phase and was followed by a shallow rather longer lasting negative potential.3.
(17) There was a fast initial drop in tension followed by a change of slope and a definite inflexion on the tension record.
(18) Adenylate kinase of pig muscle was inactivated by IIc in a manner similar to the rabbit and carp enzymes except that the rate of inactivation exhibited an inflexion.
(19) When the activation energies were calculated both isoenzyme preparations exhibited several points of inflexion, in each case occuring at the same temperatures.
(20) The relationship was linear at low pressures and a point of inflexion occurred at higher pressures in the majority of fibres.5.