(1) In May 1983, a thorough workup revealed an incomplete fracture of the first lumbar vertebra and a diffuse demineralization of the rachis and pelvis.
(2) Oogonia detach from the short rachis and increase in size from 6 to 60 microns; accumulating hyaline granules, shell granules and glycogen.
(3) It is conventional saying that the fetal rachis shows only one ventral concavity.
(4) Antho-RFamide (pGlu-Gly-Arg-Phe-amide), a neuropeptide recently isolated from the sea pansy Renilla köllikeri induced sustained (tonic) contractions in the rachis and peduncle of the colony, and in the individual autozooid polyps.
(5) Changes in mixed venous oxygen saturation of hemoglobin (SvO2), heart rate (HR), cardiac index, (SI) were measured in 20 patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery (rachis and pelvis bone resections for tumours: mean-lasting 8 hours), to estimate the safety limits during isovolemic hemodilution.
(6) One of the most popular was rachi-striene-stovainization, which was introduced by Jonnesco and attempted to replace general anesthesia (general rachianesthesia).
(7) After the development of the genital rachis into the ovotestis, spermatogenic cells increase in number and differentiation begins.
(8) The authors also made a comparative study of the conventional Milwaukee corset (with broad chin bearing) versus the Milwaukee with hyoid bearing; and finally they illustrate the results obtained by Andriacchi and his associates in selecting the Milwaukee corset for patients with idiopathic scoliosis on the basis of the mathematical model of the rachis.
(9) The authors describe the utility of fast and high-resolution multiplanar CT reconstructions in the study of the rachis.
(10) Our three observations in spite of their analogy with Kozlowski's type, are distinguished by more discrete lesions of the rachis and pelvis and by their autosomal recessive mode of inheritance.
(11) Rachis in the usual ways of the AHF is within its normal characteristics; on the other hand there are modifications in the nervous cases: the total proteins are nearly always increased and the cells augmented with a great predominance of mononuclear cells.
(12) Non tuberculous spondylodiscitis of the rachis is an uncommon entity that affects boys and male adults with greater frequency.
(13) For this reason we often use in the same time a 99mTc stannous pyrophosphates scintigraphy of rachis.
(14) Degeneration rarely occurred before the age of 50 years, affected men twice as frequently as women, and occurred particularly in cases of diffuse Paget's disease, mainly in the femur or the humerus; the rachis was rarely affected.
(15) Abnormal feathers, characterized by thinness and increased transparency of the calamus and rachis, and loss of barbs, were induced at a high frequency by inoculating day-old chicks with reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) propagated in chicken-embryo fibroblast (CEF) cultures.
(16) We think it should be recommended for major surgery of the rachis.
(17) pelvis, femur, rachis, tibia, humerus, and the cancers most frequently involved--prostate, bronchi, kidney, breast and intestine.
(18) Wonder the global static of the rachis is little concerned in most of these children.
(19) Correct orthopedic therapy for traumas of the cervical rachis requires perfect knowledge of the spatial balance of the fracture focus.
(20) This experimental work, realized on a group of 25 monkeys, aims at determining the correct circulatory direction in rachis veins and the importance of the vertebral veinous circulation in the general return circulation.
Spine
Definition:
(n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
(n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
(n.) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
(n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
(n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Example Sentences:
(1) Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated previous LBP or back pain in another location of the spine were strongly associated with LBP during the study year.
(2) In contrast, the ryanodine receptor is observed in dendritic shafts, but not in the spines.
(3) We reviewed the results of intraoperative monitoring of short-latency cortical evoked potentials in 81 patients who underwent surgical procedures of the cervical spine.
(4) Unrecognized flexion injuries of the cervical spine may lead to late instability and neurologic damage.
(5) The present case indicates that the possibility of osseous spines impinging on the facial nerve should be considered in all cases of facial spasm.
(6) The results of conventional sciatic nerve stretching tests are usually evaluated regardless of patient age, gender or movements of the hip joint and spine.
(7) The correlation of posterior intervertebral (facet) joint tropism (asymmetry), degenerative facet disease, and intervertebral disc disease was reviewed in a retrospective study of magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine from 100 patients with complaints of low back pain and sciatica.
(8) Lumbosacral spine films revealed only minimal degenerative changes, while lumbar myelogram showed L4-L5 and L5-S1 ventral extradural defects.
(9) This paper presents a comparison of the diagnostic value of CT studies and conventional radiological diagnosis, based on 46 CT studies, in patients with inflammatory bone lesions of the spine (n = 20) before and after surgical interventions (n = 12).
(10) Specimens from the bone marrow taken were by trephine biopsy from the sternum, ala ossis ilii and spine.
(11) Quite the contrary, in cases of higher nervous activity disturbances, destruction of the organelles and desintegration of spine apparatuses is clearly pronounced.
(12) The left scapula in each dog was treated by open reduction and plating of the scapular spine.
(13) In general, the cerebellum showed a much delayed developmental pattern with regard to Purkinje cell spine formation.
(14) The effects exerted on the cervical spine by a traction of 150 N was studied by means of an improved radiographic technique.
(15) In the perineuronal neuropil of large pyramidal neurons (layers V-VI) there appear symmetric synapses with pyramidal cells, dendritic processes and dendritic spines.
(16) For conservative treatment of injuries of the cervical spine, two different methods are available: The HALO fixator and the collar.
(17) Whereas in flexion stress all methods showed a sufficient stability, the rotation tests proved, that in case of a dorsal instability of the lower cervical spine, posterior interlaminar wiring or anterior plate stabilization showed no reliable stabilization effect.
(18) Recommendations are made suggesting closer scrutiny of this region of the spine.
(19) Differentiation from synovial or ganglion cysts of the spine is discussed.
(20) To avoid the complications attributable to the cervical spine, we recommend roentgenographic examination in all neurofibromatosis patients who are about to have general anesthesia or skull traction for treatment of scoliosis.