(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.
Zygomatic
Definition:
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.
Example Sentences:
(1) The immobilization successfully constrained the anteroinferior displacement of the maxilla and zygomatic bone on the fused side.
(2) Therefore, the surgical anatomy in the region of the zygomatic arch and temporal area was reviewed in detail.
(3) Unstable zygomatic fractures frequently require stabilization at two points.
(4) The highest correlation coefficients were demonstrated when NET was performed over the marginal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve and OLP ENoG recorded in the nasolabial region.
(5) 13 patients were treated by classical techniques of insertion-suspensions of the paralyzed side with a perioral loop and slings of PTFE suspended to the zygomatic arch and the infraorbital rim, by way of nasolabial angle or rhytidectomy incisions.
(6) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone forming the articulating surface of the glenoid fossa was resected in 25 young New Zealand rabbits in order to investigate the effect of function on the growth of the condylar cartilage.
(7) 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.
(8) These observations led to this comparative study on several morphological, histochemical and biochemical parameters on mature ferrets, dogs and cats including: (1) the number of center tapetum cell layers, (2) thickness of center tapetum, (3) presence of a microtubule-like structure in each tapetal rod, (4) presence of electron-dense cores in tapetal rods after prolonged fixation in glutaraldehyde, (5) retention of reflection or color of tapetum after prolonged glutaraldehyde fixation, (6) zygomatic bones of eye orbits, (7) zinc content in tapetum, (8) cysteine in the tapetum, (9) cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase in liver, (10) thickness of retina from center tapetum, (11) anterior view of skull configuration, and (12) lateral view of skull configuration (jaw and teeth).
(9) We have modified our original technique so that we facilitate transference of the flap by a more anterior transection through the zygomatic arch, we improve the aesthetic reconstruction by use of the transected coronoid process, we produce better function by preventing adhesions and granulation tissue, and we enhance definition of the lingual sulcus by splinting.
(10) Sexual dimorphism of the skull affected only the zygomatic arch, the dimensions of the zygomatic arch in the male being greater than in the female from the 120th d on.
(11) Zygomatic fractures are best treated in five to seven days; eye signs indicate earlier treatment.
(12) Ultrasonography was utilized in three cases of zygomatic arch fracture to confirm the position of the fragments during surgery.
(13) The following clinical update reviews alternative approaches to the zygomatic complex (coronal incision, upper eyelid incision), and current concepts of treatment for acute injuries and late deformities secondary to malunion.
(14) We describe a technique using an air-driven "acorn-tipped" bur that removes the posterolateral lip of the frontal process of the zygomatic bone and effectively straightens the external surface of the lateral orbital wall.
(15) Coefficients (R) range from a high of 0.87, between the TMJ and zygomatic arch, to a low of 0.67 between the zygomatic arch and the mandibular musculature showing highly significant correlations (P less than 0.0001) among all characters.
(16) Investigation of the reparative histogenesis in patients with zygomatic bone fractures suffered in different periods in the past included histologic study of the tissue specimens taken from fracture sites during surgical intervention, studies of the osteogenesis, topographic-anatomic position of bone fragments, their mobility and configuration, and clinical and pathomorphologic changes in the soft tissues adjacent to the fracture site.
(17) We studied the internal structure of the zygomatic bone and determined the changes in cortical bone width, cortical bone ratio to total cross-sectional area, and trabecular bone width through six periods of tooth growth and development.
(18) Normal facial nerve function returned in 9 to 14 weeks except in one patient who showed a mild deficit of the zygomatic branch at 20 weeks.
(19) The zygomatic arch provides a comparatively isolated mechanical part of the skull containing a single suture, the zygomatico-squamosal.
(20) The electromyographic (EMG) response from the mentalis muscle to stimulation of the supraorbital nerve was recorded during microvascular decompression (MVD) of the facial nerve to relieve HFS and compared to the response from the same muscle to stimulation of the zygomatic branch of the facial nerve in four patients.