(n.) A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region.
(n.) Any abnormal curvature of the bones.
Example Sentences:
(1) Partial duplication of the proximal part of the long arm of chromosome 5, on the other hand, is associated mainly with musculoskeletal abnormalities including muscle hypotrophy and hypotonia, scoliosis, lordosis, pectus carinatum, cubitus valgus, and genu valgum, in addition to psychomotor retardation.
(2) The hypothesis that a localized lordosis, or tethering of the posterior elements of the spine, is the primary cause of the vertebral rotation in idiopathic scoliosis was investigated in anatomic specimens of human and calf spinal columns.
(3) Indices of the cervical lordosis for every age group in men and women are estimated.
(4) L-propranolol, which blocks beta-adrenergic receptors and pimozide, a dopamine receptor blocker did not influence the effect of D- or L-amphetamine on lordosis behavior.
(5) The lordosis response was regularly elicited from 24 of 31 intact, adult male hamsters, using manual somatosensory stimulation of the dorsal rear body.
(6) NAN-190 slightly, but significantly, suppressed lordosis behavior after either intracerebral or intraperitoneal injection and substantially increased resistive behavior.
(7) Ipsapirone and gepirone, but not buspirone, facilitated lordosis in estrogen-treated rats, whereas all three drugs inhibited this behavior in rats treated with estrogen and progesterone.
(8) Measurements of lumbar lordosis, pelvic tilt, and abdominal muscle performance were taken of 31 healthy adults aged 20 to 33 years.
(9) Following recovery, the receptivity expressed as the lordosis quotient was controlled in the presence of a sexually active male.
(10) The ability of developing ovariectomized (OVX) guinea pigs to display lordosis following a variety of steroid treatments which are behaviorally effective in adults was examined.
(11) The current findings are consistent with the interpretation that GABA facilitates lordosis in the MCG via disinhibition.
(12) Scoliosis was present in 21 patients with vertebral anomalies, torticollis in two, and lordosis in one.
(13) Lordosis durations then were timed, as manual stimulation was discontinued, and subjects were exposed to tape-recordings of conspecific vocalizations reproduced at intensities of 0-60 dB SPL.
(14) Maximal lordosis appeared promptly after infusion of 1 nmol leumorphin into the ventromedial hypothalamus of ovariectomized estrogen-primed rats.
(15) In this report we describe a young woman with idiopathic thoracic scoliosis associated with marked lordosis.
(16) Although girls initially had higher degrees of lordosis and sacral inclination, by maturity these measurements were similar in both sexes.
(17) In particular, they raise the possibility that the suspension of ultrasonic calling that normally accompanies lordosis reflects an increase in VMN activity that simultaneously provokes lordosis and inhibits vocalization.
(18) Intraventricular administration of the tryptophan metabolites l-kynurenine (2-32 micrograms) and kynuramine (0.064-8 micrograms) facilitated lordosis behavior in estrogen-primed ovariectomized rats.
(19) Together with behavioral studies by others, it emerges from our findings that the inhibitory action of 5-HT on VMN neurons is associated with, and may be responsible for, the stimulation of feeding and inhibition of lordosis, while the excitatory action is related and may lead to the opposite behavioral effects.
(20) Postoperative levels of lordosis and ultrasonic vocalization were used to evaluate implant effects on sexual receptivity and proceptivity.
Spine
Definition:
(n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
(n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
(n.) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
(n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
(n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Example Sentences:
(1) Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated previous LBP or back pain in another location of the spine were strongly associated with LBP during the study year.
(2) In contrast, the ryanodine receptor is observed in dendritic shafts, but not in the spines.
(3) We reviewed the results of intraoperative monitoring of short-latency cortical evoked potentials in 81 patients who underwent surgical procedures of the cervical spine.
(4) Unrecognized flexion injuries of the cervical spine may lead to late instability and neurologic damage.
(5) The present case indicates that the possibility of osseous spines impinging on the facial nerve should be considered in all cases of facial spasm.
(6) The results of conventional sciatic nerve stretching tests are usually evaluated regardless of patient age, gender or movements of the hip joint and spine.
(7) The correlation of posterior intervertebral (facet) joint tropism (asymmetry), degenerative facet disease, and intervertebral disc disease was reviewed in a retrospective study of magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine from 100 patients with complaints of low back pain and sciatica.
(8) Lumbosacral spine films revealed only minimal degenerative changes, while lumbar myelogram showed L4-L5 and L5-S1 ventral extradural defects.
(9) This paper presents a comparison of the diagnostic value of CT studies and conventional radiological diagnosis, based on 46 CT studies, in patients with inflammatory bone lesions of the spine (n = 20) before and after surgical interventions (n = 12).
(10) Specimens from the bone marrow taken were by trephine biopsy from the sternum, ala ossis ilii and spine.
(11) Quite the contrary, in cases of higher nervous activity disturbances, destruction of the organelles and desintegration of spine apparatuses is clearly pronounced.
(12) The left scapula in each dog was treated by open reduction and plating of the scapular spine.
(13) In general, the cerebellum showed a much delayed developmental pattern with regard to Purkinje cell spine formation.
(14) The effects exerted on the cervical spine by a traction of 150 N was studied by means of an improved radiographic technique.
(15) In the perineuronal neuropil of large pyramidal neurons (layers V-VI) there appear symmetric synapses with pyramidal cells, dendritic processes and dendritic spines.
(16) For conservative treatment of injuries of the cervical spine, two different methods are available: The HALO fixator and the collar.
(17) Whereas in flexion stress all methods showed a sufficient stability, the rotation tests proved, that in case of a dorsal instability of the lower cervical spine, posterior interlaminar wiring or anterior plate stabilization showed no reliable stabilization effect.
(18) Recommendations are made suggesting closer scrutiny of this region of the spine.
(19) Differentiation from synovial or ganglion cysts of the spine is discussed.
(20) To avoid the complications attributable to the cervical spine, we recommend roentgenographic examination in all neurofibromatosis patients who are about to have general anesthesia or skull traction for treatment of scoliosis.