(a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal.
(n.) The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.
Example Sentences:
(1) We describe a man who presented with Reiter's syndrome and a new prominent malar rash.
(2) A rare case of mandibular, malar and vertebral tuberculosis is reported.
(3) Malar rash, arthritis and fever were the most common presentations, as in previous studies.
(4) Unusual syndrome-specific facial features shared by the two include abnormally large midface, very high-set and widely placed eyes, retrusive and asymmetric upper alveolar region, very small malar bones, and long mastoid processes.
(5) We report on a Japanese girl with short stature, malar hypoplasia, up-slanting palpebral fissures, blue sclerae and thin, stiff and slightly brownish hair.
(6) In an attempt to improve visibility and safety in the surgical approach to the malar arch and jaw joint, anatomical dissections of 56 facial halves were undertaken.
(7) While proposing new miniaturized material the authors present 45 cases of fronto-malar osteosynthesis carried out in one year.
(8) These include eyelid laxity with or without atrophic orbicularis muscle tone, lax canthal tendons, hypoplastic malar eminences, unrecognized Graves' ophthalmopathy, unilateral high myopia, or the secondary blepharoplasty.
(9) A simple maneuver for assessing malar depression is described.
(10) Coronoidectomy, systematically bilateral, demonstrated these morphological anomalies together with formation of coronoido-malar neo-arthrosis.
(11) Wide subperiosteal undermining in primary surgical correction of labio-maxillary clefts not only enhances the osteogenic activity of the periosteum but in addition, if the exposure is extended from the superior limit of the ascending maxillary process and the nasal bone to the inferior orbital rim above the infra-orbital foramen and the malar eminence, good suppleness of the overlying muscles can be achieved.
(12) Systemic lupus erythematosus was subsequently diagnosed, when malar rash, arthritis, leucopenia, anti-native DNA and anti-Sm antibodies appeared.
(13) A Teflon sled, Proplast malar implant and ptosis correction acheived the desired results.
(14) It is postulated that the use of autogenous materials in malar augmentation can give acceptable results and obviate the inherent risks associated with the use of alloplastic materials.
(15) The parietal bone served as a harvest site, without morbidity, for autologous bone used to fill in the defects in the orbit and anterior malar wall in the live canine model.
(16) Two brothers are described with a similar physical appearance characterised by minor periorbital anomalies, malar flatness, a maxillary overbite, retrognathia, sloping shoulders, joint hyperextensibility, and minor radiological anomalies.
(17) We found out that, cause of the anatomical structure of malar bone region, only three types of plates are necessary to treat every kind of malar bone fracture of males and females.
(18) The ones with velopharyngeal insufficiency tended to have more severe soft tissue and skeletal deformities of the maxillary-malar complex, associated with a total unilateral palatal paralysis.
(19) Measurements were made on the pursuit rotor and quantitative Romberg tests, and of skin temperature, heart rate, malar flush and blood alcohol concentration during the prealcohol baseline period and at regular intervals over the 4-hour drinking period.
(20) P.F.C.-HA implants can be made for replacement or restoration of facial bones not submitted to important forces like the frontal or malar bones.
Orbit
Definition:
(n.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
(n.) An orb or ball.
(n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
(n.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
(2) The nature of the putative autoantigen in Graves' ophthalmopathy (Go) remains an enigma but the sequence similarity between thyroglobulin (Tg) and acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) provides a rationale for epitopes which are common to the thyroid gland and the eye orbit.
(3) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
(4) Computed Tomography was used to demonstrate the increased retro-orbital fat.
(5) A microdissection of the orbital nerves of the cat was made paying particular attention to the accessory ciliary ganglion.
(6) As with alloplastic orbital implant extrusions in enucleated sockets, autogeneous dermis fat grafts can be useful in managing extrusions in previously eviscerated sockets.
(7) Orbital hypertelorism, strictly defined as an increase in bony interorbital distance, is not itself an isolated syndrome, but is instead an anomaly that may occur as either part of a syndrome or malformation sequence.
(8) In several other cases, MR provided information beyond that obtained with CT. MR has the advantage of providing exquisite anatomic detail in multiplanar images, and it appears to be more sensitive than CT in detecting small, subacute and chronic hemorrhage within soft-tissue masses in the orbit and in detecting ischemia of the globe.
(9) We describe here two essentially different patterns of behavioral recovery following selective lesions of the dorsolateral and orbital prefrontal cortex.
(10) A planet with conditions that could support life orbits a twin neighbour of the sun visible to the naked eye, scientists have revealed.
(11) Bacterial orbital cellulitis is a feared complication of paranasal sinus infection.
(12) The procedure appears to relieve papilledema by filtering small quantities of cerebrospinal fluid into the orbit.
(13) Comments on the symptomatology, exploratory means and differential diagnosis with other sinusal or orbital conditions.
(14) The usual approach to the inferior orbit has been through a subciliary skin incision and dissection of a skin flap to the orbital rim.
(15) Active palpebral occlusion was retained by means of the orbital portion of the orbicularis muscle.
(16) Complications due to orbital or intracranial development of the osteoma are rare and demand neurosurgical treatment.
(17) A review of 104 patients with acute orbital cellulitis during the past decade showed that the frequency of hospital admissions for this disease has increased recently.
(18) Techniques borrowed for the correction of congenital craniofacial deformities and acute traumatic reconstruction have improved the quality of secondary post-traumatic orbital reconstruction.
(19) Follow up consisted of clinical investigation, laboratory evaluation with detailed thyroid function tests and complete ophthalmological assessments including A and B scan ultrasound and computerized tomography (CT) of the orbits.
(20) The advances in lid and orbital surgery are due to the improvements made in diagnostic equipment and to technical refinements.