(n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
(n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
(n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus (Vc), the collaterals of one half of the periodontium afferent fibers terminated mainly in lamina V at the rostral and middle levels of Vc.
(2) It appears that the effects of monocular lid suture upon MIN are in most respects similar to the effects of monocular lid suture previously reported for the A laminae.
(3) In contrast to this, adrenalectomy decreased ANP levels markedly in the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis and preoptic periventricular nucleus, which are reportedly involved in the central regulation of salt and water homeostasis.
(4) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(5) The surface phenotypes of bovine intestinal leukocytes isolated from the intraepithelium (IEL), lamina propria (LPL) and Peyer's patches (PPL) of the small intestinal mucosa of normal adult cows were determined using monoclonal antibodies (mAb) specific to adult bovine peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL).
(6) Glycogen, lipid, basal lamina, and canaliculi were present in all cases.
(7) A complete review of the literature was made which shows that most chondrosarcomas occur in middle-aged males originating most often from the posterior cricoid lamina, next from the thyroid cartilage.
(8) Based on their localisation and histology these are classified into three types (Epstein's pearls, Bohn's nodules, Dental lamina cysts).
(9) These laminae included the dentate hilus and strata oriens, pyramidale and lacunosum-moleculare of CA1.
(10) This method has also been successfully used in humans and rabbits to demonstrate specific antibody production by single lamina propria plasma cells.
(11) CD8 positive cells were detected randomly in all regions of the mucosa, whereas CD4 positive cells tended to be clustered in the superficial portion of the lamina propria.
(12) Of particular interest was the presence of dense-core vesicles in some of the glial cells, and that of a basal lamina underlying the perivascular glial cells.
(13) The total height of the lamina mucosa decreased from 700 to 275 microns.
(14) Injections with extensive spread of horseradish peroxidase show that many cells of lamina 4B and the large pyramidal neurons of upper lamina 6 also project extrinsically but their terminal sites have not been identified.
(15) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
(16) The sucker, covered with basal lamina, has a constant volume; its layer of muscles resists deformation and supports the stability of the arch.
(17) The development of the first molar was examined from the dental lamina stage through apposition.
(18) In both of these groups, the inoculated bacteria were recovered from the colon, and T hyodysenteriae was demonstrated in the colonic crypts, epithelium, and lamina propria.
(19) Although there was an increased concentration of angiotensin II binding sites in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, the median preoptic nucleus, and the paraventricular nucleus after dehydration, these changes did not reach statistical significance.
(20) FG or WGA-HRP labeled neurons were found mainly in laminae V and VII, in the lateral group of lamina IX, in Clarke's column (CC) and in the dorsal funiculus.
Vertebra
Definition:
(n.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
(n.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is concluded that during exposure to simulated microgravity early signs of osteoporosis occur in the tibial spongiosa and that changes in the spongy matter of tubular bones and vertebrae are similar and systemic.
(2) It is suggested that the Japanese may have lower trabecular bone mineral density than Caucasians but may also have a lower threshold for fracture of the vertebrae.
(3) The various changes were accompanied by a marked reduction in the overall wet weight of the vertebrae.
(4) The BMD of the 2nd to 4th lumbar vertebrae was measured and the mean density presented as g cm-2.
(5) All the vertebrae were agenetic below the thoracic segments in the other rat fetus.
(6) Neusticosaurus species are easiest separated by their number of presacral vertebrae.
(7) This was followed by a gradual density increase such that by 1 year postoperatively, in 60% of the subjects, the density of these vertebrae was higher than the preoperative level.
(8) The characteristic injuries were compression wedge-shaped fractures, multiple fractures of the vertebrae, comminuted and traumatic spondylolistheses and dislocation fractures.
(9) They make it possible to dissect, by spending minimal time and making less efforts, the vertebral canal both within several vertebrae and its nearly full length, providing a wide view of the spinal cord, rootlets, and intervertebral ganglia.
(10) The Authors describe the moniliform structure of dorsal aorta of the Cyprinus carpio L., which has successive swellings and constrictions, strictly corresponding to each vertebra.
(11) He also had multiple follicular and papillary thyroid carcinomas with a metastatic lesion in the lumbar vertebrae.
(12) In older children, there were a low vertebral signal and disappearance of the disc-vertebra borders on T1-weighted images and a high vertebral signal with a decreased and flattened disc signal on T2-weighted images.
(13) Hyperthermia was applied in the region of the vertebral column between the cervical vertebrae 5 and thoracic 2, using a ring-shaped applicator operating at a microwave frequency of 434 MHz.
(14) The authors report on their experience with 23 patients with destructive disease of the vertebrae.
(15) In 20 patients, vertebral deformities were limited to 1 or 2 mid-thoracic vertebrae, and the mean CaBI values for these 20 patients was 0.81 (0.15), equal to that for patients without any vertebral deformity.
(16) Both conditions are inherited and characterised by malformed thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.
(17) The injured vertebra is grafted through the pedicle, giving security against late collapse after device removal.
(18) The authors describe two types of pelvic obliquity--total pelvic obliquity in which the sacrum is the lowest vertebra of the lumbar curve and subtotal pelvic obliquity in which there is some compensation between L5 and the sacrum.
(19) Although anterior and posterior traumatic displacement of cervical vertebrae are commonly noted, and the devastating neurological deficits associated with these injuries have been amply defined, lateral displacement with fractures has been rarely recognized, and the clinical significance of this injury has been overlooked.
(20) The T-1 nerve root obstructs posterolateral access to the T-1 vertebra, necessitating an inferolateral approach underneath the T-1 nerve root axilla.