(a.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.
(n.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.
Example Sentences:
(1) The major acute postoperative finding was aggravation of preexisting pharyngeal dysfunction.
(2) The question addressed by this study is whether patients with other pharyngeal pouch malformations could also have immunologic abnormalities.
(3) No cases of rheumatic fever and no acute nephritis appeared in spite of the vigorous immune response to both cellular and extracellular antigens of group A streptococci documented in 50% to 80% of patients, suggesting that strain variation may be a feature of rheumatogenicity as well as nephritogenicity of group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
(4) Although the number of patients treated was too small to yield statistically significant conclusions, it appears that norfloxacin may be slightly better treatment for rectal and pharyngeal gonococcal infections than ampicillin and probenecid.
(5) Viral pharyngitis is the commonest form (63%) of pharyngitis followed by Group A Beta haemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis (14.2%).
(6) Manometric assessment showed significant differences in pressure, duration and frequency of pharyngeal contraction when compared with a control group.
(7) The postoperative group acquired pharyngeal dimensions of C.P.I.
(8) Arterial, central venous (n = 9), or pulmonary artery catheters (n = 11), ECG, and rectal or bladder and pharyngeal temperatures were used for monitoring.
(9) Consequently, we measured pharyngeal area and its lung volume-related changes (LVRC) from functional residual capacity (FRC) to residual volume (RV) in overweight females, 14 with OSA and 14 without OSA.
(10) Three factors that are considered necessary to obtain satisfactory function of the soft palate for speech are (1) adequate length, (2) adequate mobility, which should include consideration of resting tension and elasticity of the levator and depressor muscles, and (3) the need for conformity of the dorsal surface to the pharyngeal wall, which this paper seeks to emphasize.
(11) No generalized lymph node enlargements were mentioned in the history of the five successful cases, only relapsing laryngo-pharyngeal symptoms.
(12) In both males and females the pre-treatment hemoglobin concentration was correlated with the probability of primary tumor control and survival but only in patients with pharyngeal and to a lesser degree supraglottic tumors.
(13) In the absence of any curative treatment, surgery was required to relieve obstruction and an operation was performed via an antero-lateral extra-pharyngeal approach.
(14) The distribution of peptide-containing nerve fibers in the pharyngeal region of rabbits was studied by immunocytochemistry.
(15) Specimens from genital, anorectal, and pharyngeal sites from 1671 men and 1419 women were cultured for Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
(16) In 100 atopic patients and 100 healthy controls with Neisseria flavescens in their pharyngeal exudates, we performed type I immediate skin tests with Neisseria flavescens and IgE-RAST throughout 1 year.
(17) Persistent high fever and intense pleuritic pain following severe pharyngitis should suggest streptococcal pleural infection and prompt careful roentgenographic investigation.
(18) The strains of adenovirus were isolated from pharyngeal swabs, kidney cell cultures and stool of tupaias.
(19) Recent manometric and radiological studies suggest that the upper oesophageal sphincter has poor compliance in patients with a pharyngeal (Zenker's) diverticulum.
(20) Since pharyngeal colonization may be an important determinant in the pathogenesis of pneumonia, we studied the adherence of 10 different bacteria to pharyngeal cells obtained from nonsmokers, smokers, and chronic bronchitics.
Uvula
Definition:
(n.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
Example Sentences:
(1) An examination of 9720 Zagreb school children, 6-13 years of age, revealed submucous cleft palate (SMCP) in 5 and cleft uvula in 232.
(2) Bifid uvula, preauricular pits, and abnormal palmar creases were also slightly more common in the patients, but the differences were not statistically significant.
(3) The morphology of the musculus uvulae was studied utilizing detailed gross anatomical dissection and histological sectioning of the soft palate in seven adult human cadavers.
(4) Therefore, 90 patients with documented obstructive sleep apnea were evaluated by cephalometric technique, with special attention paid to the size and position of the soft palate and uvula, volume and position of the tongue, mandibulo-maxillary relationship, hyoid position, and size of the pharyngeal airway space.
(5) The projection to the uvula is organized according to the pattern determined previously for pontine projections to other parts of the cerebellum.
(6) It has been determined that submucous cleft palate can occur even when a peroral examination shows an intact uvula.
(7) The responses of Purkinje cells and presumed mossy fibers to natural stimulation of the horizontal semicircular canals were recorded in the nodulus and uvula of rabbit vestibulocerebellum.
(8) Electrical stimulation of the flocculus or uvula evoked the early and late climbing fiber responses in the nodulus.
(9) With regard to musculus uvulae, small muscular bundles arise from the raphe to embrace the muscle near its crest.
(10) Operative damage to the sphincter apparatus below the uvula vesicae is the most serious complication of prostatic surgery.
(11) As to the climbing fiber projection, it is revealed that there are six longitudinal parasagittal zone extending throughout the dorsal and ventral uvula.
(12) Thus, the uvula is a highly sophisticated structure, capable of producing a large quantity of fluid saliva that can be excreted in a short time.
(13) From a distinctly separate region of the caudal medial accessory nucleus (as well as the principal nucleus), axons project to the uvula.
(14) During the same time the lesions of KS on the gingiva, uvula and the body as well as the face disappeared.
(15) In order to determine the frequency of association between bifid uvula and submucous clefting, a total ascertainment of children with bifid uvula from a suburban pediatric practice was examined nasopharyngoscopically.
(16) A study of velopharyngeal status after partial excision of musculus uvulae, as in total uvulectomy, has been carried out in 15 adults with normally formed soft palates.
(17) For example, in the medial nucleus the sites of origin of fibers to the flocculus and uvula are different.
(18) Carcinoma of the soft palate and uvula is a rare form of oropharyngeal neoplasm with incidence ranging from 5% to 12% of all oropharyngeal carcinomas.
(19) The proband, whose mother and brother had facial clefting, showed inconspicuous abnormalities of the lower lip and a bifid uvula.
(20) Most of the narrowings were located at the level of oropharynx, which was correspondent to the level of the soft palate and the uvula.