(a.) Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone.
(a.) Same as Petrosal.
Example Sentences:
(1) When the method proposed by Trela (1975) is applied, thin layers of the petrous crest are chiselled out until the common crus of the superior and posterior semi-circular becomes apparent.
(2) This included estimation of the furthest distance that the cooling fluid, using coloured water, and the bone chips of a dry petrous temporal bone can be thrown, and the spread of the fine dust produced by the drilling using a staph.
(3) Skull base traumatic aneurysms most commonly involve the petrous, cavernous, or supraclinoid carotid artery and also show a predominance in teenage boys.
(4) The right petrous bone was hypoplastic and showed total superior dehiscence of the internal acoustic meatus.
(5) The method of choice for evaluating the position and appearance of the cochlear implant proved to be conventional tomography of the petrous bone in the frontal transorbital plane.
(6) 3) Despite displacement of the arcuate eminence, the SSC tended to remain perpendicular to the petrous ridge and 60 degrees from the internal auditory canal.
(7) An unusual case of aneurysmal dilatation of both petrous and cavernous carotid arteries and the vertebral-basilar junction in a child is presented.
(8) Tomography of the petrous bones showed, in both cases, an upward tilt of the long axes of the bones including their auditory canals, generalized sclerosis of the petrous pyramids and enlargement of the ossicles.
(9) Thin (1 mm) section CT in axial and coronal planes is the best imaging investigation of the petrous temporal bones but the place of magnetic resonance scanning to confirm that the inner ear is fluid-filled and polytomography to show a multichannel implant in the cochlea is discussed.
(10) A case of primary chondromyxoid fibroma of the petrous and sphenoid bones extending into the posterior clinoid process, sella, and cavernous sinus in a 26-year-old man is reported.
(11) The Authors conceive the petrous bone as made of four segments bounded by two vertical plans, one passing through the anterior wall of the internal auditory canal and the posterior wall of the external auditory canal, the other passing through the inner aspect of the tympanic cavity and the outer aspect of the labyrinthe.
(12) Drilling away one or several segments realizes a trans-petrous approach which always begins by drilling away the posterior-external segment, the retro-labyrinthine segment.
(13) In an attempt to find a more suitable bypass site for grafting, the petrous portion of 50 carotid arteries was studied in cadavers.
(14) Optimal techniques for the preoperative assessment and intraoperative management of the petrous carotid artery remain undefined.
(15) The inferior approach followed the petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) into the CS after an extradural subtemporal exposure or after a combined subtemporal and infratemporal fossa exposure.
(16) The distance, between the posterior extension of the sphenoidal sinus and the apex cell at the medial-anterior tip of the petrous bone, is between 8-16 mm and the contact of the both separated by thin bony wall (less than 0.5 mm) was seen in 3 adult cases (0.9%).
(17) In all cases but one, the tumors were round, or oval-shaped, well-delineated, and did not present significant contact with the petrous bone.
(18) This was associated with a right transverse fracture of the petrous bone and an intact tympanic membrane.
(19) In order to spare the cochlea and give adequate exposure to the apical cells, the middle fossa approach to the petrous apex is presented, to be used alone or in conjunction with mastoidectomy.
(20) We present a new approach to the skull base, medial and superior to the internal auditory canal, for tumors involving the anterior-superior cerebellopontine angle, petrous apex, and clivus.
Rock
Definition:
(n.) See Roc.
(n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
(n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
(n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
(n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
(n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
(n.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
(v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
(v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
(v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
(v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
Example Sentences:
(1) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
(2) He had links to networks including the Hammerskin Nation and was involved in an underground music scene often referred to as "white power music" or "hate rock".
(3) The Ibiza Rocks hotel is aimed at a young clientele who'd never make it into the VIP section of Pacha.
(4) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trump signs order reviving controversial pipeline projects “The Obama administration correctly found that the Tribe’s treaty rights needed to be respected, and that the easement should not be granted without further review and consideration of alternative crossing locations,” said Jan Hasselman, an attorney for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
(6) One species (the goldfish) has an extensive fundus circulation while the other (the rock bass) has a minimal one.
(7) You can tell them that Deutsche Bank remains absolutely rock solid, given our strong capital and risk position.
(8) Rocking the hepatocyte-splenocyte cultures changed the elution profile from linear to convex.
(9) The 180-acre imperial palace appears to send ripples through the surrounding urban grain like a rock thrown into a pond, forming the successive layers of ring-roads.
(10) Russell is a former director of Northern Rock while Crosby is the former chief executive of HBOS.
(11) Gunfire and explosions rocked Bangkok following clashes between pro-government "red shirts" and protesters, leading to fears of further violence as Thais head to the polls.
(12) "And if you're pursuing music as the equivalent of your nine-to-five, and you'd quite like to be doing that for years to come, it's in your interest not to rock the boat."
(13) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
(14) The involvement of one of South Korea’s most powerful men has rocked the country’s business world, as it signalled that prosecutors were prepared to use the full force of the law against the head of a company whose revenues are equivalent to a fifth of the country’s GDP.
(15) Emotional reactivity of patients with endogenous depression and healthy test subjects towards classic and rock music was compared.
(16) The Volkswagen Group has announced €1bn (£750m) of spending cuts at its core VW division to help pay for a product overhaul following the emissions testing scandal that has rocked Europe’s biggest carmaker.
(17) Loss-making Northern Rock is axing another 680 jobs as it cuts costs in preparation for a return to the private sector after being nationalised in February 2008 .
(18) Big musical acts (such as BB King, Keith Urban and Queens of the Stone Age) appear during the summer concert lineup but there are also drop-in yoga sessions, and hiking and biking trails wind through sculpted rocks and wildflowers.
(19) Just about.” That one went over like a sublime Chris Rock riff.
(20) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.