(a.) Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.
(a.) Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, four of ten young adult outer arm (relatively sun-exposed) and one of ten young adult inner arm (relatively sun-protected) fibroblasts lines increased their saturation density in response to retinoic acid.
(2) In addition autoradiography was performed to localize labelled cells in the inner ear.
(3) In addition to the aqueduct other associated inner ear anomalies have been identified in 60% of this population including: enlarged vestibule (14); enlarged vestibule and lateral semicircular canal (7); enlarged vestibule and hypoplastic cochlea (4); and hypoplastic cochlea (4).
(4) The amino-terminal region of a 70 kDa mitochondrial outer membrane protein of yeast and the presequence of cytochrome c1, an inner membrane protein exposed to the intermembrane space, are thought to be responsible for localizing the proteins in their final destinations after synthesis in the cytosol.
(5) The 36-year-old teacher at an inner-city London primary school earns £40,000 a year and contributes £216 a month to her pension.
(6) The specified region of the inner E2 core domain was highly homologous to the region of the E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase.
(7) The relative rates of reduction of several spin-labeled molecules that partition differently across the hy-drophobic-interface of inner membranes from rat liver mitochondria were investigated.
(8) Likewise, they had little or no effects on the fluorescence anisotropy of TMA-DPH, which is also thought to be located in the interfacial region of the lipid bilayer, either when the probe was located in the outer layer of the plasma membrane or when the probe was located in the inner membrane compartment.
(9) Ernst Reissner studied the formation of the inner ear initially using the embryos of fowls, then the embryos of mammals, mainly cows and pigs, and to a less extent the embryos of man.
(10) In cat, DARPP-32-immunoreactive cell bodies identified as Müller cells were demonstrated in the inner nuclear layer (INL) with processes closely surrounding the cell soma of photoreceptors in the outer nuclear layer.
(11) The inner diameters increased with age in the same way in both obese and control persons, indicating the the former are not protected against osteoporosis in the form of endosteal resorption.
(12) On histopathologic examination there were microabscesses in the inner choroid and subretinal space, disrupting the outer retina but sparing the inner retina.
(13) The stimulation was not due to increased permeability of the inner mitochondrial membrane.
(14) Inner Ear Decompression Sickness (IEDCS)--manifested by tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and hearing loss--is usually associated with deep air or mixed gas dives, and accompanied by other CNS symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS).
(15) They strongly suggest that the ADP-carrier comes to the close neighbourhood of the ATP synthetase on the matrix side of the inner membrane.
(16) Experiments have been performed using CO2 laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses, and they demonstrated the following features, in comparison with conventional anastomoses: ease in technique; less time consumption; less tissue inflammation; early wound healing; equivalency of patency rate and inner pressure tolerance; but only about 50 percent of the tensile strength of manual-suture anastomosis.
(17) Electromagnetic flow probes with an inner diameter of 2, 1.5 and 1 nm were used for studies on zero-line drifting and for calibration procedures in a series of rats and rabbits.
(18) To investigate whether lipids could also be transported from the inner to the outer leaflet, lipid probes residing exclusively in the inner leaflet were monitored for their appearance in the outer leaflet.
(19) The inner table of the skull over the lesion was eroded.
(20) At this stage of development the inner membrane of the pellicle of the schizont is no longer detectable.
Pterygoid
Definition:
(a.) Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone.
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.
(n.) A pterygoid bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) The masseter muscle was always a more efficient producer of vertically oriented bite force than the medial pterygoid.
(2) After fracture of the pterygoid hamulus, contraction of the TVP muscle produced expansion of the epipharynx but less than that prior to the treatment.
(3) But the opposite dentition can also dictate a fixture installation in the posterior region for a good occlusal stabilization: a specific modality of fixture installation in the pterygoid region has provided a seductive alternative.
(4) When the lateral pterygoid muscles are not tender to palpation and the stress test is negative, occlusal therapy is not indicated.
(5) To explore the relationships among dysfunction of the two heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) internal derangement, and the mechanism of TMJ sounds, a comparative study was undertaken with electromyography of the two heads of the muscle and arthrography in 38 patients with temporomandibular joint disturbance syndrome sounds.
(6) Light and electron microscope observations of tiny nerve branchlets attached to the nerve of the pterygoid canal suggests that the source of sympathetic autonomic fibres in the greater petrosal nerve may not be solely confined to fibres 'recurrent' from the deep petrosal nerve, as hitherto believed.
(7) Activity occurred in the masseter and medial pterygoid muscles during the following movements; closing the jaw slowly either without occlusal contact or with occlusal contact and against resistance; free lateral movement to contralateral side, either against resistance or with occlusal contact; protraction of the jaw either without occlusal contact or with occlusal contact; swallowing either saliva or water; incisor gum chewing with either the ipsilateral or contralateral molars; normal mastication; and during forceful centric occlusion.
(8) No operative mortality, CSF rhinorrhea, visual damage carotid or cavernous sinus hemorrhage fracture of the medial pterygoid plates or maxilla were encountered in this series.
(9) The insertions of the superficial and deep portions of the masseter muscle, the temporalis muscle, the medial pterygoid muscle and the temporalis fascia were simulated with leather bonded to the appropriate areas.
(10) Both have an incomplete zygomatic arch with descending jugal process, a complex superficial masseter, a large temporalis and medial pterygoid musculature, and a lateral pterygoid with two heads.
(11) Gorette-Nicaise, Awn, and Dhem (1983) as well as the study by Whetten, and Johnston (1985) have shown that neither the absence of the lateral pterygoid muscle nor the physical volumetric expansion of the airway increases condylar growth.
(12) The subjects were asked to perform three definite tasks for the masseter muscle (intercuspid occlusion, maximum protrusion, and centric relation with a bite opening of 3mm) and two for the pterygoid muscle (maximum opening and maximum protrusion).
(13) Four patients had intraoral exposure of the grafts postoperatively--three in the pterygoid maxillary area and one in the palate.
(14) A method to accurately identify in a reproducible way the main axis of the pterygoid process with the help of two small iron balls was contrasted with other methods seen in the literature.
(15) We discuss anatomic considerations for the prevention of complications, including injury to the frontotemporal branches of the facial nerve, injury to the superior head of the lateral pterygoid muscle, and inadvertent penetration of the dura.
(16) CTHRP was injected individually to jaw-closing muscles (temporalis, masseter, and medial pterygoid) of rats, and their motoneurons including the dendrites were labelled and studied.
(17) An unusual case of myositis ossificans of the medial pterygoid muscle has been discussed.
(18) However, all seven of the patients tested 1 year after mandibular lengthening demonstrated normal aphasic firing patterns of the lateral pterygoid muscles (inferior belly) during right and left lateral excursions.
(19) It is not necessary, at the level of the pterygoid bone situated outside the limits of the arch, to carry out any dental morphology.
(20) The cross-sectional areas of the masseter, temporalis, medial pterygoid and lateral pterygoid muscles were determined by means of computer tomography in 16 male subjects with healthy dentitions.