(adv.) In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
Example Sentences:
(1) The organic specificity of the metaepiphyseal borderline zone depends, first of all, on its intermediate position between the cartilage, fulfilling further bone growth lengthwise as an organ, and a developing endochondral bone substituting cartilage in the epiphysis.
(2) The hypothesis is put forward that the energy (ATP), provided by the mitochondria over adhering junctional complexes, would produce separate fields of force which would position in a lengthwise direction the molecules which give rise to the anchoring filaments.
(3) These tissues contributed to the lengthwise extension of the limb and to the partial restoration of the distal humeral extremity.
(4) 1 handful of basil leaves 1 cucumber, cut in half lengthwise ½ lime, zest and pith removed 1 apple, cut into wedges Starting with the basil, juice everything into a glass.
(5) They ran lengthwise in the core of the odontoblast process, which showed a different distribution compared with that of actin filaments.
(6) In one, used mainly by aborigines, fresh areca nut was simply wrapped with betel leaf and in another, popular mainly among Chinese, a lengthwise piece of betel fruit and lime paste was sandwiched between two halves of an areca nut.
(7) In the isthmus area we noticed longitudinal ridging and cuticular scales that are extended lengthwise in a fish-scale-like pattern.
(8) Their solution properties are best described as the lengthwise arrangement of a protease domain of diameter 4 nm, two "short consensus repeat" domains, each of length 4 nm, and an N-terminal globular entity of length 6 nm containing the first three protein domains.
(9) The models meet the following criteria: fibrin monomers have the three-domain Hall and Slayter structure; the monomers are arranged lengthwise into strands (protofibrils) in which successive monomers half overlap; the monomers' alignment is nearly parallel to the fiber axis; and the monomers make adequate longitudinal and lateral contacts, as required by observed fiber properties and the high affinity of monomers for one another.
(10) Our results suggest that the 150 nm cortex of condensed tmx expands lengthwise, while decreasing in the thickness, to form the outer shell of extended tmx, and the core expands in length without decreasing in diameter to form the inside structure of the extended tmx.
(11) In the course of stress lengthwise there is the development of extension of the Haversian canal supporting the blood flow in the capillary.
(12) Both strips were applied lengthwise across a paper card (3 by 5 in.
(13) The crystals are initially small but expanded lengthwise eventually to fill the vesicle that contains them.
(14) The method involves establishing a lyotrope concentration gradient in a liquid crystal lengthwise in an x-ray capillary tube.
(15) The sarcocysts in sheep measured 35.7 to 500 microns lengthwise and the cyst-wall 2.4 microns.
(16) When the ionic strength is increased the rods align lengthwise into intertwined fiber-like structures.
(17) In the course of stress in the osteon lengthwise there are developing pressure, torsion and bending strains.
(18) Mandibular growth was significantly reduced lengthwise in animals glossectomized at age 12 weeks.
(19) The straight-cut wire tips are aligned lengthwise and have a relative spacing of 150 microns.
(20) An indefinite exclusion threshold, evident even with monodisperse sugars, was attributed to lengthwise orientation of the penetrating rod-shaped molecules.
Oblong
Definition:
(a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
(n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.
Example Sentences:
(1) These neurons were generally oblong and measured 60-80 microns.
(2) The combination of 150 mcg clonidine and 2.5 mg cyclothiazide (Dimapres) in the form of a scored oblong sugar-coated tablet seems to satisfy these demands best and to be an optimal combination of clonidine and cyclothiazide.
(3) Four types of trophoblast cells are seen in mouse ectoplacental cone on day 8 of the pregnancy: (1) trophoblast-1 at the base of the cone are polyhedral, compactly arranged and contain large nucleoli, (2) trophoblast-2 in the middle of the cone enclose several heterolysosomes, erythro-and leucophagosomes, (3) trophoblast-3, also in the middle, have several membrane-bound osmiophilic granules, (4) trophoblast-4 at the periphery of the cone are oblong and enclose many pleomorphic bodies.
(4) Morphologic analysis of thalamically projecting LCN cells showed that they were smaller in size, and more oblong in shape in caudal regions of the nucleus.
(5) The presynaptic active zones at the SVB C synapse are discrete, and macular or oblong.
(6) Some morphological characteristics could apparently be related to specific modes of locomotion, namely the shape, more or less oblong, pear-like or round, according to genera or digits, and the possible fusion of the 2 sesamoid bones of the same digit to form a unique ossified structure.
(7) The mouth, an oblong slit like a tiny letterbox, conveys alarm.
(8) Eight healthy male volunteers took part in this study to determine the relative bioavailability of Treuphadol oblong tablets (500 mg paracetamol), Treuphadol Plus oblong tablets (500 mg paracetamol, 30 mg codeine phosphate) and Treuphadol suppositories (750 mg paracetamol) against commercial tablets (500 mg paracetamol).
(9) We show that the cytoplasmic surface of outer nuclear membrane is covered by numerous large, oblong "kernel-like" globular particles (30-35 nm length, 25-30 nm width), often aligned into curved chains or grouped into clusters.
(10) The mitochondria, small and round on days 12, 13 and 14, become oblong from day 18 of gestation.
(11) One protomer has an oblong shape, whereas the other with higher density has a head and a hook region.
(12) A description is given of the rare occurrence of peculiar oblong structures having a maximal length of about 4.5 micron and a width of 0.5 micron, in the visceral epithelial cells of human glomeruli.
(13) Treatment with Al led to the development, in the cytoplasm of certain root tip cells, of two oblong hyaline structures formed by material extruded from the nucleus.
(14) Gametocytes are round to oblong, measuring 6 by 5 mu, and the pigment in microgametocytes occurs in a single peripheral vacuole.
(15) The fields are rounded, oblong, or elongated, but gradations between categories are common.
(16) Necropsy of both groups of calves revealed a circular to oblong lesion that was congested, edematous, and firm, and which occupied 20% to 100% of the right caudal lung lobe and involved the remaining lung lobes to a more minor degree.
(17) Following intravitreal injections, retrograde transport of the enzyme was observed bilaterally, but predominantly contralaterally, in a large oblong field of cells at the isthmic level of the midbrain, bounded medially by the trochlear nucleus and laterally by the nucleus isthmi.
(18) In profile these granules appear oblong or circular with average dimensions of 170 x 50 nm.
(19) Of 57 aspergillomas 47 were round or oval, 7 oblong, 2 polypoidal and 1 lobulated.
(20) Sporozoites each possess an oblong refractile body at 1 end and appear packed together randomly and enclosed in a membrane along with a spheroid residuum composed of fine, uniform granules.