(n.) The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
(n.) Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
Example Sentences:
(1) Minimal thresholds of IM reached 3-10 microA for the MR of the shoulder and forearm, but were as high as 30-200 microA in the MR of the haunch and lower leg.
(2) At full-time, he crouched on to his haunches and stared blankly at the turf.
(3) The Croat kicked every pass, jumped to head every high ball into the box, railed at the Polish referee, sank to his haunches when Liverpool attacked and leapt up and down as Besiktas formed a wall to defend a Jordan Henderson free-kick from 25 yards.
(4) She wouldn't be able to support her own weight, sitting on her haunches, after the bullet wound to the hip, says Nel.
(5) We did not observe a geometrical pattern of organization in the more caudally placed MR of the hindleg, where IM elicited isolated responses in the muscles of the lower leg and the haunch.
(6) Others, sitting on their haunches, carefully swirl the dust in shallow plastic buckets.
(7) The latent periods of the EMG responses lasted 25-52 msec for the shoulder, 24-73 msec for the forearm, 32-54 msec for the haunch, and 36-71 msec for the lower leg.
(8) The fox slunk down, raising its haunches and pressing its chest to the ground.
(9) D id you hear that?” Dafne Schippers says with a grimace after her knees make a loud cracking sound when she sinks down on to her haunches to have her photograph taken.
(10) The Republic of Ireland's players sank to their haunches as the Austrian supporters massed behind the goal pierced the sub-zero evening with their celebrations.
(11) It was noticeable at full-time that a few of their players sank on to their haunches, their glaze fixed upon the turf while the visiting Tottenham fans clapped their , and Arsène Wenger articulated the frustration.
(12) Your sudden craving for venison haunch can be satisfied that very day, and without the horror of being told off by the self-service checkout.
(13) It sits on its haunches in the crook of a girl's arm, gently licking her skin.
(14) At the final whistle Steven Gerrard was on his haunches.
(15) As men and women find a quiet and secluded corner and start going down on their haunches, Pradeep and his friends spring out whistling and topple their dabbas of water.
(16) Within 3-4 hours of birth they were able to walk supporting their full weight, right themselves rapidly, sit upright on their haunches, or rear upright with support, and vocalize.
(17) It has either been dormant, the subject of bids from people like Charles Saatchi, who wanted to open his gallery there, or occupied by commercial gallery tenants, including Haunch of Venison and, currently, Pace.
(18) Polly Morgan's latest show, Psychopomps, is at Haunch of Venison, London W1, until 25 September.
Thigh
Definition:
(n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
(n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
Example Sentences:
(1) Muscle weakness and atrophy were most marked in the distal parts of the legs, especially in the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, and then spread to the thighs and gluteal muscles.
(2) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
(3) Symptoms include numbness, tingling and pain in the anterolateral thigh.
(4) The thigh and hip manifestations can obscure the primary intra-abdominal process either due to the obvious emphysema or to the obtunded abdominal signs secondary to associated neuropathy.
(5) Chest and biceps circumferences increased 4.2% and 3.1%, respectively; abdomen and thigh circumferences did not significantly change; body fat decreased 16.8%; and body mass increased 2.3%.
(6) By placing the thigh in external flexion-rotation the deep femoral artery can readily be approached downstream the first perforating artery.
(7) Mean pressures in the thigh approximated more closely to the calculated mean pressures than in the arm.
(8) 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.
(9) The transversalis fascia of the floor of the femoral canal turns down to form the medial wall of the venous compartment of the femoral sheath, and has the support of the curved edge of the lacunar ligament which effectively bars the femoral canal from entering the thigh.
(10) Three new and 19 previously reported cases of thigh emphysema secondary to bowel disease are reviewed.
(11) Forty-four patients of meralgia paraesthetica presented with combination of symptoms mainly of numbness with loss of superficial sensation on the anterolateral aspect of a thigh were selected for the study.
(12) Measurements of cross-sectional muscle areas of the upper-arm and mid-thigh from MRI images were compared to corresponding estimates from anthropometric measurements of limb circumferences and skinfold thicknesses in 25 normal, healthy, elderly persons.
(13) Between 1980 and 1990, 24 total thigh flap procedures were performed at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center (Downey, CA) by the Pressure Ulcer Management Service.
(14) A low waist-thigh ratio was associated with a high prevalence of varicose veins in women.
(15) Wistar rats were infected by injection of 0.05 ml of a dense oily suspension of Staphylococcus aureus into the posterior thigh muscles of the hind leg.
(16) In order to assess the efficacy of therapy, manual measurement of the circumference of thigh and leg and echotomography were performed in order to measure the thickness of the muscle layer.
(17) Pelvic nerve: vagina, cervix, and perineal skin; hypogastric nerve: cervix and proximal three fifths of the uterus; pudendal nerve: skin of perineum, inner thigh, and clitoral sheath.
(18) We report on the use of this flap to resurface the anterolateral aspect of the lower thigh and restore stability and extension to the knee joint following extensive damage to the quadriceps mechanism.
(19) No immunosuppressive effect was recognized when injections with HG and MG bacterins were in the left and right thigh muscles, respectively, or from intravenous inoculation with the combined bacterin.
(20) she shudders – she has declined all reality TV invitations, and the closest she has ever come to a wardrobe malfunction was a minor ding-dong over some exposed thigh once while presenting Crimewatch, about which she was mortified.