(n.) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.
(n.) See Ilium.
Example Sentences:
(1) The use of glucagon in double-contrast studies of the colon has been recommended for various reasons, one of which is to facilitate reflux of barium into the terminal ileum.
(2) Autopsy revealed serious somatic diseases (stenosis of the ileum in two cases and brain tumor in one); their symptoms had been largely overlapped by those of anorexia nervosa.
(3) Angiotensin tachyphylaxis was studied in the isolated guinea pig ileum under isometric conditions.
(4) The effect of p-nitrophenylphosphate (p-NPP) on the release of acetylcholine evoked by drugs and ionic environments known to inhibit Na+, K+-ATPase was studied in isolated cortical slices of rat brain and longitudinal muscle strip of guinea-pig ileum.
(5) The mechanisms underlying the biphasic response (BR) of the circular muscle of the guinea pig ileum (CMGPI) to bradykinin (BK) have been examined.
(6) At a concentration of 10 microM, tetraamine 4 did not affect histamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors of guinea pig ileum or alpha-adrenoreceptors of guinea pig atria whereas it inhibited postsynaptic alpha-adrenoreceptors of rat vas deferens with a -log K value of 5.23 and nicotinic receptors of frog rectus abdominis with an IC50 value of 0.23 microM.
(7) A case of low atresia of the ileum, diagnosed prenatally by real-time ultrasound scanning, is presented.
(8) This site-specific infection of the ileum by reovirus may provide a model for diseases that are restricted to specific sites in the intestine.
(9) Differences in sensitivity to phenoxybenzamine and pA2 values suggest the existence of at least two and possibly three neurokinin receptors in the guinea-pig ileum.
(10) In short-term studies, luminal biotin disappearance from rat ileum was about half that observed in the jejunum, whereas absorption by proximal colon was about 12% of that in the jejunum.
(11) Varicose fibres were found in the myenteric plexuses of the duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon.
(12) In vitro tests with isolated trachea or ileum of guinea pigs show that flupirtine possesses no or very weak antagonism against histamine-induced spasms.
(13) The serum from animals which had received injections into the proximal small intestine had high radioactivity and one peak at 7S; the serum from animals which had received injections into the ileum had low radioactivity and no activity in the 7S region.
(14) A study was made of the innervation of the longitudinal muscle of the toad ileum with particular emphasis on the splanchnic innervation by non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) nerves.
(15) Production of F41 in vivo was demonstrated by immunofluorescence assay of sections of ileum and by seroconversion against F41 antigen by pigs challenged with F41+ and K99+ F41+ ETEC strains.
(16) The virus has an affinity for the alimentary tract, especially the ileum and right colon.
(17) The maternal venous blood concentration of atropine, determined by bioassay on guinea pig ileum, decreased rapidly in the first 3--5 min and very slowly therafter.
(18) From these results, it is concluded that TM-906 produces, depending on the contractile activity of the preparations, a potentiation or an inhibition of the spontaneous contraction of duodenum and ileum in both guinea pigs and rabbits and that the potentiation by TM-906 is more pronounced in the ileum than in the duodenum.
(19) Biological activity has been determined on the rabbit pulmonary artery (RPA) and hamster trachea (HT) preparations, chosen as representative of the NK-2A and NK-2B receptor subtypes, respectively, and on the rabbit bronchus (RB), guinea-pig bronchus (GPB), human urinary bladder (HuUB), human ileum (HuI) and human colon (HuC) preparations to verify the previously described NK-2A character of these tissues.
(20) Affected lymph nodes from 3 patients with Crohn's disease were homogenised and inoculated intramurally into the distal ileum of five piglets.
Ilium
Definition:
(n.) The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors describe the surgical technique used to obtain (by anterior and posterior access) autoplastic bone from the ilium in 186 oncological cases.
(2) For the sternum, humerus and ilium-ischium, however, ossification in A2 fetuses increased to the levels observed in the PF and C groups.
(3) A unique feature of the AF-associated musculoskeletal syndrome is osteolytic lesions that occur most frequently in the clavicle, sternum, long bones, and ilium.
(4) Ten fresh human cadaveric spine specimens including from L1 to sacrum (six specimens) and ilium (four specimens) were studied.
(5) The necrotic area of the femoral head is filled up with a pedicle bone graft, which is apart from the spina iliaca and supplied from the art, circumflexa ilium profunda.
(6) Estimates of the percentage of trabecular bone volume (%TBV) deviated systematically, with variation of the biopsy site around the usual location, increasing in magnitude from the anterior to the posterior ilium.
(7) In patients with injury to the sacro-iliac joints or of the sacrum, the extent of the injury and the degree of pelvic instability was better shown by CT. All other bony lesions, such as fractures of the ilium, pubis, ischium or the symphysis could be diagnosed adequately by simple radiographs.
(8) The press-fit component without screws demonstrated the greatest motion equaling 162 microns at the ilium, 97 microns at the publis, and 54 microns at the ischium.
(9) Results are reported for the distribution of 239Pu in the third lumbar vertebra, a central caudal vertebra, the right ilium and the right femur.
(10) Sites of involvement included the pubis in three patients, the ilium in two patients, and the ischium in one patient.
(11) The so far unexplained picture of a vascular canal in the roof of the acetabulum corresponds to the canal leading into the body of the ilium.
(12) Increasing the protein content of the alcohol diet from 18% (Diet A1) to 25% (Diet A2) significantly increased ossification of the ulna, sternum, humerus and ilium-ischium.
(13) A case of Fusobacterium nucleatum osteomyelitis of the right ilium [correction of ileum] in a child without apparent risk factors is described.
(14) It is based on the concept that bone grafting of the pseudoarthrosis and an intertransverse fusion using small fesh autogenous concellous grafts from the ilium will prevent further slip.
(15) PAO seems not to have been previously reported in the ilium.
(16) During aircraft accident investigations we compared premortem anteroposterior abdominal radiographs with postmortem specimen radiographs of the ilium, with particular attention directed to the nutrient groove of the ilium.
(17) The CT scan allowed rapid localization of an occult abscess and destructive changes in the left ilium secondary to osteomyelitis and guided surgical treatment.
(18) 145 women showing clinical and radiological signs of involutional osteoporosis of the spine were biopsed at the ilium for histomorphometric analysis of bone mass including trabecular bone volume and parameters reflecting the spatial distribution of bony elements (mean trabecular plate thickness, density and separation).
(19) It is not appropriate to reconstruct the pelvic ring after resection limited to the anterior part of the pelvis but it is indicated after resections of the whole of the ilium, particularly in children to avoid shortening of the limb with pelvic shift.
(20) In older children in whom rigidity of the pubic symphysis did not permit a sufficient amount of acetabular tilt the acetabulum had to be isolated from the rest of the pelvis by a triple osteotomy which consisted of, in addition to the osteotomy of the ilium, osteotomies of the superior pubic ramus and the ischium or the inferior pubic ramus.