(a.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thus, in approximately 80% of seizures, the onset of ictal EEG changes resided in the mesial temporal structures.
(2) Possible mesial root extrusion was found in 60.0% of the uprighted molars.
(3) The vertical distances were compared with measurements taken from periapical radiographs between the apex of each mesial root and the superior border of the mandibular canal prior to sectioning.
(4) Ablations of the entire dorsal convexity, and of the mesial and cingulate regions of the cortex, failed to interfere with the spindle bursts and recruiting responses, whereas ablations confined to the orbital cortex alone abolished completely these potentials in the cortex and thalamus.
(5) In both experimental systems the movement was derived largely from a mesial drift of the third molar, and its rate decreased with time.
(6) The mesial movement was achieved with rubber band pull.
(7) However, among 27 patients examined by means of intracranial EEG recordings, it was evident that a disgust expression occurred with oro-alimentary automatisms at the beginning of mesial temporal lobe seizures, whereas a happy one occurred without oro-alimentary automatisms at the beginning of lateral temporal lobe seizures.
(8) Alveolar bone resorption was measured on enlarged cephalographs (5.7 X) at a point mesial to the mandibular first molar.
(9) The "C" was open anteriorly and the lateral arm extended almost twice as far incisally as the mesial arm.
(10) Intra- and inter-hemispheric propagation of ictal discharges was analyzed with computer techniques in 10 patients with complex partial seizures of mesial temporal lobe origin in whom depth electrodes had been stereotaxically implanted.
(11) We measured local cerebral metabolic rates for glucose in mesial and lateral temporal structures and compared them with metabolic rates for analogous regions in 16 healthy normal volunteers and the contralateral hemisphere of the epileptic patients.
(12) The risk of resorption also will increase with a more mesial horizontal path of eruption.
(13) They can be summarized as: mesial shifting of the maxilla, dimensional increase of the mandibular body, ovoidal upper arch with a deeper palatal vault, tapering or trapezoidal lower arch.
(14) N140 and P190 (the "vertex potentials") are probably generated bilaterally in the frontal lobes, including orbito-frontal, lateral and mesial (supplementary motor area) cortex.
(15) Propagation of paroxysmal activity through the anterior ventral thalamic nuclei and cingulate gyri was observed in all cases with temporal or frontal mesial focus.
(16) These included torn or frayed menisci and those which were displaced, usually in a mesial direction.
(17) Future studies in non-human primates may reveal that ictal discharges which originate in the mesial temporal region propagate preferentially via brain-stem pathways to contralateral homologous regions.
(18) Electrode tips recording beta rhythms were found: (i) in motor areas 4 gamma and 6a beta, in a band extending from the postcruciate cortex to the walls of the presylvian sulcus, crossing the frontal pole (anterior beta focus); (ii) in the posterior parietal associative area 5a, along the divisions of the ansate sulcus, extending to the mesial aspect of the hemispheres (posterior beta focus).
(19) Finally polynomes of 4th degree were chosen to describe the anterior dental arch from 6 mesial to mesial 6 of the arcogram.
(20) The results suggested that effective distal and intrusive movements would be expected by bending the outer-bow downward, since this procedure would prevent the tooth from tipping mesially.
Proximal
Definition:
(a.) Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate.
(a.) Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb.
(a.) Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to distal.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, CT will be insensitive in the detection of the more cephalic proximal lesions, especially those in the brain stem, basal cisterns, and skull base.
(2) A total of 555 caries lesions were registered on proximal surfaces, 49.1% being primary lesions in the enamel, 21.4% primary lesions into the dentin and 29.5% secondary lesions.
(3) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
(4) Measurement of urinary GGT levels represents a means by which proximal tubular disease in equidae could be diagnosed in its developmental stages.
(5) The role of adrenergic agents in augmenting proximal tubular salt and water flux, was studied in a preparation of freshly isolated rabbit renal proximal tubular cells in suspension.
(6) The remaining 5 soil samples, obtained from sites that were not in close proximity to lakes, were also negative except for one that contained type B.
(7) Investigations showed that compliance is reduced in a distal to proximal direction.
(8) Axons emerge from proximal dendrites within 50 microns of the soma, and more rarely from the soma, in a tapering initial segment, commonly interrupted by one or two large swellings.
(9) Since the incidence of gastric cancer in our population seems to be unchanged, this may suggest a true increase in proximal gastric tumours.
(10) Studies were performed to characterize the determinants of proximal tubule ammonia entry (and retention) in vivo.
(11) Nine patients with duodenal ulcer were studied before and 2--3 months after proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV).
(12) There is approximately a 25% decrease in aggregation from regions of the rib distal to the metaphyseal-growth plate junction (69%) to the region proximal to it (50%).
(13) To selectively stain polyanionic macromolecules of growth plate cartilage and to prevent artifacts induced by aqueous fixation, proximal tibial growth plates were excised from rats, slam-frozen, and freeze-substituted in 100% methanol containing the cationic dye Alcian blue.
(14) The diagnosis of an arterial injury may be readily apparent, but the excellent upper-extremity collateral circulation may create palpable distal pulses despite a significant proximal arterial injury.
(15) The NAD-dependent enzymes (except alpha-GPDH) showed a stronger reactivity in the proximal tubules, while the NADP-dependent ones were more reactive in the thick limb of Henle's loop and distal convoluted tubules.
(16) In the other, the proximal fibula was excised and the epiphysis placed across the saphenous artery and vein in the groin.
(17) In testing the contribution of the long, curved stem to the torsional stability of uncemented prostheses by comparing it with other stems, the long, curved stem was the most stable, followed by a shorter straight stem, and a short, proximally curved stem.
(18) In this study, we examined renal tubular cell handling of digoxin and ouabain using LLC-PK1 cells, a model of proximal renal tubular cells.
(19) The surgical procedure, using a dispensable tendon, could be directly associated to the sutures of the proximal injuries of the cubital nerve as a temporary palliative.
(20) Hydroperoxides from arachidonic acid can decompose via this mechanism to form leukotrienes of potential biological significance and can catalyze the epoxidation of proximal carcinogens to ultimate carcinogenic metabolites.