(1) Our observations demonstrated that echographic coaptation of the aortic valve leaflets coincides with the trough of the aortic pressure incisura and the onset of A2.
(2) Some variations in the anatomy of the incisura may explain why the clinical consequences of herniation are varied.
(3) In addition, the delay time (required for pulse wave transmission to the neck) of the upstroke (DUEC) and incisura (DIEC) of the external carotid pulse tracing was studied.
(4) It is estimated that the gastric motility is one of the important factors for the predilection or delayed healing of gastric ulcers seen in the region of the incisura angularis.
(5) Based on CT observations, hematomas were grouped into four types according to their locations as follows: Type I, localized around the posterior interhemispheric fissure in 25 cases (52%); Type II, extending from the posterior interhemispheric fissure to the hemispheric convexity in five cases (10%); type III, extending from incisura to the posterior fossa in 15 cases (31%); and type IV, having subdural hematoma accompanied by intracerebral hemorrhage in three cases (7%).
(6) (vii) Ulcer occurs most commonly at the duodenal bulb for DU and at the incisura for GU.
(7) A flat incisura scapulae was registered on radiological examination of four cases of frozen shoulder.
(8) These results indicate that in the presence of a normal or diseased aortic valve the aortic incisura is produced primarily by valve distension or recoil, respectively.
(9) According to NOVOTNY, a correct sexing of pelves is possible on the basis of combination of 2 type-morphognostic characters and 4 morphometric ones of the pubis, the ischium, and the greater sciatic notch (incisura ischiadica major).
(10) The disappearance of perimesencephalic cisterns on CT sections through the widest part of the tentorial incisura is the best element of diagnosis.
(11) It is possible that the peristaltic contraction could cause stronger repetitive ischemic condition of the incisura than the corresponding greater curvature.
(12) Chronic and in situ experiments on dogs have been carried out involving stomach transection at the level of incisura angularis.
(13) The occurrence and magnitude of the incisura of the central aortic pressure were shown in 66 patients to depend on the functional state of the aortic valve.
(14) In conclusion, the present study revealed that the contractile force of the incisura was always greater than that of the corresponding greater curvature.
(15) Compression of the cerebral peduncle against the tentorial incisura contralateral to a supratentorial mass, the so-called Kernohan's notch, can be a cause of false localizing motor signs.
(16) The third, there must be wider space between the tentorial incisura and the brain stem.
(17) Because acquired aortic valve disease affects the magnitude of the central aortic incisura, inspection of the incisura may be of ancillary valve in evaluating the pathologic state of the aortic valve.
(18) Subsequently digital plethysmography (systolic a-wave, dicrotic b-wave and the c-incisura) was monitored for 2 h. After administration of the NTG-containing sprays (NR and NT) the median a-wave increased rapidly, the median c-incisura deepened and the median b-wave rose slightly.
(19) A diminution of the arch of the incisura semilunaris by about 30 degrees causes instability of the elbow.
(20) The number of scallops of the posterior leaflet depends on the definition of the incisura.
Notch
Definition:
(n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
(n.) A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
(v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.
(v. t.) To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Notch locus in Drosophila encodes a transmembrane protein required for the determination of cell fate in ectodermal cells.
(2) Recent reports have indicated the usefulness of nuclear grooves (clefts or notches) as an additional criterion for the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma in fine needle aspirates; most of these studies were carried out on alcohol-fixed material stained with the Papanicolaou stain or with hematoxylin and eosin, which yield good nuclear details.
(3) For histometric evaluation, the radicular notches were used as reference points.
(4) Conversely, in 66 of 80 pregnancies the absence of a notch was associated with the livebirth of an infant beyond 32 weeks gestation, with a birthweight above the 5th centile.
(5) The left subclavian artery was prominent in 33 cases, signs indicating a collateral circulation (rib notching, internal mammary artery) were present in 26 cases.
(6) Notched tympanograms were typical of neonatal ears for a 220-Hz probe tone.
(7) Radiographic manifestations include endosteal sclerosis of the neurocranium with loss of the diploë, osteosclerosis and hyperostosis of the mandible with absence of the normal antegonial notches, endosteal sclerosis of the diaphyses of long bones (including metacarpals and metatarsals), and osteosclerosis of the pelvis.
(8) For the experimental studies, fractures of the jaw bone in terms of oblique osteotomies from angle to sigmoid notch of the mandible of the Malaysian monkeys were made by using #700 fissure bur and reduced and fixed them in terms of interosseous wiring.
(9) Lymphadenopathies were classified by the criteria proposed by Yoshinaka et al., type I: poorly-defined borders, diffuse internal echoes; type II: well-defined borders, diffuse internal echoes; type III: well-defined borders, notchings, strong internal echoes.
(10) Here, we examine a group of six recessive mutations, the facets (fa, fa3, fag, fag-2, fafx and fasw), which affect eye and optic lobe morphology and have been previously shown to be associated with the insertion of transposable elements into an intronic region of Notch.
(11) Another frequent finding was partial or total obstruction at the tentorial notch, often in combination with reduced or absent activity along the superior sagittal sinus.
(12) In one patient, the fibrous band extended from the distal pole of the patella to the intracondylar notch, tethering the patella inferiorly.
(13) This thin flap, usually extending from the hyoid bone to the sternal notch at the central part of the anterior neck, provides a skin island of about 4 by 8 cm.
(14) The chest roentgenographic findings in Takayasu's arteritis include widening of the ascending aorta, contour irregularities of the descending aorta, arotic calcifications, pulmonary arterial changes, rib notching, and hilar lymphadenopathy.
(15) In two cases the epidermoid, located mainly in the cerebello-pontine angle, spread into the middle cranial fossa; in three the epidermoid extended from the parasellar cisterns to the posterior cranial fossa; in six patients the epidermoid, enlarging the tentorial notch, occupied extensively both cranial fossae.
(16) This post-transcriptional regulation is suppressed in embryos mutant for the genes Notch and Delta; where all cells expressing RNA accumulate protein.
(17) The femoral intercondylar notch width was measured in 93 patients with chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) insufficiency (Group 1), in 62 patients with an acute tear of the ACL (Group 2), and in 38 fresh anatomic specimen knees (Group 3).
(18) Deep notch cases had more retrusive mandibles with a shorter corpus, smaller ramus height, and a greater gonial angle than did shallow notch cases.
(19) The acicular alpha structure has been shown to exhibit the best fatigue properties for Ti-6A1-4V alloy in the notched condition.
(20) The anatomical relations of the semilunar notch of the ulna were studied in radiographs, taken in a strict lateral view, from 100 patients with elbow dislocations.