(n.) The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph.
(n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.
Example Sentences:
(1) Erythrocytes are lysed by a mild hypotonic shock; meros are filtered through a cotton wool plug and collected by centrifugation.
(2) If the names on the infinite list of available fish are baffling – mero, lecha, breca, zama – refer to illustrations at the back of the menu or opt for the surtido , the mix.
(3) After incubation of meros and schizonts in synthetic media with [5,6- 3H]uracil, label accumulates in the perchloric acid-soluble and -insoluble fractions, indicating transport, salvage, and incorporation of the pyrimidine precursor in nucleic acids.
(4) However, the number of PDGF-BB binding sites on the cell surface of Mero-14 remained unchanged upon HC treatment.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Grappling with grouper … diving off Garajau beach I tried scuba-diving from Garajau beach in Caniço; the clear water of this protected marine reserve is teeming with big, friendly mero (grouper) and surprisingly tropical-looking fish, such as rainbow wrasse and damsel fish.
(6) In the present study, we report the organization of the motor output of the three muscles which control the mero-carpopodite joint (M-C): the extensor E, the flexor F and the accuracy flexor FA, during unrestrained locomotion (fig.
(7) Specific proteases can then be applied to dissect the holo-receptor into the globular mero-receptor, proximal to the steroid-binding site, and the asymmetric region(s), distal segment(s), that may be involved in the nuclear interactions.
(8) The reflex activity elicited by movement of the mero-carpopodite (M-C) joint in the cheliped of the crayfish Astacus leptodactylus is investigated and the role of the different proprioceptors (chordotonal and myochordotonal organs) separately studied.
(9) After centrifugation in 30% Percoll in phosphate-buffered saline (Percoll-PBS), debris, villi, and schizonts float, whereas meros and erythrocytes are pelleted.
(10) The characteristics of these cell lines support the assumption that Mero-14, Mero-25 and Mero-41 are derived from malignant mesotheliomas and have retained their original character.
(11) The effect of hydrocortisone (HC) on PDGF beta-receptor expression was studied in the human malignant mesothelioma cell line Mero-14.
(12) The magnitude of acceleration of dissociation was assessed during purification of the receptor as well as with the untransformed (multimeric), transformed (monomeric), and mero-receptor.
(13) During the period 1947-1959 twelve new-born mero-anencephalics were observed, who survived for more than 1 day after birth.
(14) Three human malignant mesothelioma cell lines, designated Mero-14, Mero-25, and Mero-41, have been isolated from effusions and from autopsy material of confirmed cases of malignant mesothelioma.
(15) Contamination with host material is 2% for meros but variable for schizonts.
(16) This complex has been named the "mero-receptor" since it is the smallest part or fragment of the receptor that contains the steroid-binding site.
(17) The clathrin binding domain of the assembly protein AP-2 has been identified by proteolytically cleaving AP-2 into 2 discrete moieties, termed light and heavy mero-AP (LM-AP and HM-AP), and testing their ability to bind to clathrin assembled into cage structures or to clathrin trimers immobilized on Sepharose.
(18) If stored on ice, meros and schizonts retain metabolic activity for at least 5 hr, but metabolism declines rapidly during incubation at 41 C.
(19) The activity of the 'accessory flexor' (AF) muscle, which with the myochordotonal organ (MCO) constitutes a muscle proprioceptor for the mero-carpopodite (M-C) joint, is modulated by the sensory discharge of a joint receptor (CB chordotonal organ) for the more proximal, coxo-basal (C-B) joint.
(20) The affinity of trypsin-generated (mero)receptor forms for each of the immobilized metals was decreased relative to that of intact receptor.
Thigh
Definition:
(n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
(n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
Example Sentences:
(1) Muscle weakness and atrophy were most marked in the distal parts of the legs, especially in the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, and then spread to the thighs and gluteal muscles.
(2) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
(3) Symptoms include numbness, tingling and pain in the anterolateral thigh.
(4) The thigh and hip manifestations can obscure the primary intra-abdominal process either due to the obvious emphysema or to the obtunded abdominal signs secondary to associated neuropathy.
(5) Chest and biceps circumferences increased 4.2% and 3.1%, respectively; abdomen and thigh circumferences did not significantly change; body fat decreased 16.8%; and body mass increased 2.3%.
(6) By placing the thigh in external flexion-rotation the deep femoral artery can readily be approached downstream the first perforating artery.
(7) Mean pressures in the thigh approximated more closely to the calculated mean pressures than in the arm.
(8) On physical examination the patients complained of pain on both passive flexion and internal rotation of the hip, and when the thigh was pushed backwards at 90 degrees of flexion.
(9) The transversalis fascia of the floor of the femoral canal turns down to form the medial wall of the venous compartment of the femoral sheath, and has the support of the curved edge of the lacunar ligament which effectively bars the femoral canal from entering the thigh.
(10) Three new and 19 previously reported cases of thigh emphysema secondary to bowel disease are reviewed.
(11) Forty-four patients of meralgia paraesthetica presented with combination of symptoms mainly of numbness with loss of superficial sensation on the anterolateral aspect of a thigh were selected for the study.
(12) Measurements of cross-sectional muscle areas of the upper-arm and mid-thigh from MRI images were compared to corresponding estimates from anthropometric measurements of limb circumferences and skinfold thicknesses in 25 normal, healthy, elderly persons.
(13) Between 1980 and 1990, 24 total thigh flap procedures were performed at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center (Downey, CA) by the Pressure Ulcer Management Service.
(14) A low waist-thigh ratio was associated with a high prevalence of varicose veins in women.
(15) Wistar rats were infected by injection of 0.05 ml of a dense oily suspension of Staphylococcus aureus into the posterior thigh muscles of the hind leg.
(16) In order to assess the efficacy of therapy, manual measurement of the circumference of thigh and leg and echotomography were performed in order to measure the thickness of the muscle layer.
(17) Pelvic nerve: vagina, cervix, and perineal skin; hypogastric nerve: cervix and proximal three fifths of the uterus; pudendal nerve: skin of perineum, inner thigh, and clitoral sheath.
(18) We report on the use of this flap to resurface the anterolateral aspect of the lower thigh and restore stability and extension to the knee joint following extensive damage to the quadriceps mechanism.
(19) No immunosuppressive effect was recognized when injections with HG and MG bacterins were in the left and right thigh muscles, respectively, or from intravenous inoculation with the combined bacterin.
(20) she shudders – she has declined all reality TV invitations, and the closest she has ever come to a wardrobe malfunction was a minor ding-dong over some exposed thigh once while presenting Crimewatch, about which she was mortified.