(n.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
Example Sentences:
(1) After collagenase and elastase digestion, bovine ligamentum nuchae showed type VI collagen fibrils and clumps of beaded fibrils like those in zonule and vitreous.
(2) Lysyl oxidase had been purified to near homogeneity from bovine aorta and bovine ligamentum nuchae employing a modification of methods described by Harris et al., and Stassen and his colleagues.
(3) The method was applied to the determination of desmosine in elastin, rat aorta and bovine ligamentum nuchae.
(4) Acne keloidalis nuchae is characterized by keloidal papules and plaques.
(5) In 7 collections of cervical and umbilical skin samples and nuchal ligaments made between April and December, 1975, adult parasites were found in fascia of the ligamentum nuchae of 62 of 124 animals (50.0%), and microfilariae were present in 1 or more of the skin samples from 85 to 124 cattle (68.6%).
(6) The ultrastructural organization of fresh and purified elastin from beef ligamentum nuchae was studied by means of the freeze-etching technique.
(7) Chymotrypsin can completely solubilize insoluble [3H]-labeled ligamentum nuchae elastin.
(8) Morphological variations in Onchocerca armillata and O. gutturosa, from buffalo and cattle, with special reference to male tail and cuticular ornamentation, have been studied from a large collection of worms available from the infected aortae and ligamentum nuchae, procured from slaughter houses at 3 different localities in Uttar Pradesh, India.
(9) Further filarioid worms recovered from the subcutaneous tissue and the Ligamentum nuchae of the same giraffe were recognized a new species and were described as Pseudofilaria giraffae.
(10) Elastin from bovine ligamentum nuchae is exposed to aqueous solutions of different alkyl sulfates and carboxylates (fatty acids).
(11) In other regions of the face and neck other manifestations of chronic actinic skin lesions with characteristics of "citrine skin", cutis rhomboidalis nuchae and elastoma Dubreuilh are present as wall.
(12) The recombinant enzyme was found to be elastinolytic toward 3H-labeled elastin (bovine ligamentum nuchae) at pH 5.5 but with 25% of this activity retained at pH 7.0.
(13) Fetal calf ligamentum nuchae fibroblasts, cultured from animals of different gestational age, synthesize a unique, low molecular weight collagen termed FCL-1 (Sage, H., Mecham, R., Johnson, C., and Bornstein, P., 1983, J.
(14) It is recognized, for the first time, as a part of the nevus flammeus simplex distribution; it is less common than the erythema nuchae or the facial salmon patch.
(15) The amino acid profile of the aortic elastin was found to be almost identical to that of insoluble elastin prepared from bovine ligamentum nuchae by the same method.
(16) We have found a strong cross-reactivity between antibodies obtained to peptides prepared by different digestion of insoluble elastin from bovine ligamentum nuchae or aorta and these antigens.
(17) The pathological changes produced by adult worms in the ligamentum nuchae are mostly chronic and do not seem to cause any clinical manifestations.
(18) Glucocorticoids have been shown by others to increase the synthesis of elastin both in aortic tissue of embryo chicks and in cells derived from fetal ligamentum nuchae.
(19) The microfibrillar protein (MFP) of bovine foetal ligamentum nuchae was prepared and used to induce an antiserum (I) in rabbit.
(20) A rapid large scale procedure was devised for the purification of desmosine and isodesmosine from ligamentum nuchae elastin.
Nuchal
Definition:
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.
Example Sentences:
(1) These indicators included temperature elevation, inability to be consoled, level of alertness, nuchal rigidity, bulging fontanel, decreased appetite, rash, referral, and febrile seizures.
(2) Successful photosensitization was achieved only when the nuchal skin was stripped with scotch tape before application of musk ambrette and ultraviolet radiation.
(3) Nine of the 12 fetuses had either bilateral cystic hygroma of the neck (7 cases) or nuchal bleb (2 cases: trisomy 13 and dup 6q).
(4) Electroocular and nuchal muscle activities were associated with 96.2 and 66.0% of the voids, respectively, but there was no significant association between fetal voiding and swallowing episodes.
(5) Brief periods of a rapid-eye-movement (REM) state characterized by phasic lateral rectus and diaphragmatic activity and absence of nuchal activity were recognized.
(6) Acne keloidalis is characterized by infected keloid-like nodules in the short-cut nuchal region probably caused by recurving, ingrowing hairshafts.
(7) Twelve days later, when nuchal rigidity was fairly improved, the episodes of chest pain ended.
(8) Similar to previous cases in the literature this girl presented with proportionate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, normocephaly, triangular face with bulbous nose, long eyelashes, short upper lip, small vermilion border of upper lip, dorsally rotated ears, deep nuchal hair line, hirsutism, and clinodactyly of little fingers.
(9) We present a case of spontaneous resolution of a nuchal cystic hygroma in a fetus with a normal karyotype.
(10) These studies confirm the presence of neutral endopeptidase (NEP) in the nuchal ligament of the fetal calf.
(11) Neither insulin nor glucose infusions altered the EMG activities of the nuchal and forelimb muscles.
(12) This article describes a case in which PG F-2-alpha was injected into the nuchal cysts of a fetus with cystic hygroma, edema anasarca, and oligohydramnios.
(13) Clinical symptoms were stereotyped and unique, showing severe akinesia, no rigidity in the limbs, no tremor but retropulsions, upward gaze palsy, dysarthria, dysphagia and later, nuchal stiffness.
(14) ruminants, equids, carnivores and proboscidates) the thickness of elastic fibres of the nuchal ligament is a specific character, i.e.
(15) Anomalies more frequently detected before 20 weeks include cystic hygromas, nuchal thickening, and hyperechogenic bowel.
(16) The most frequent symptoms were the fever (97.8%), vomitus (75%) and headache (52.2%) The more common exploratory findings were petechiae (76.8%) and nuchal rigidity (53.6%).
(17) A 4-week-old female was hospitalized because of vomiting, irritability, and nuchal rigidity.
(18) Fetal nuchal thickening in the second trimester is suggested as an ultrasonographic sign strongly suggesting the presence of Down syndrome.
(19) To examine the significance of fetal nuchal translucency at 10-14 weeks' gestation in the prediction of abnormal fetal karyotype.
(20) The authors describe a case of ante partum fetal death due to a true funicular knot combined with relative shortness of the cord as a results of a double nuchal coil.