(a.) Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cellular radial expansion was apparently unaffected by exposure to electric fields.
(2) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
(3) The shape of the nucleus changes from ovoid to a distinctive, radially splayed lobulated structure.
(4) Learning ability was assessed using a radial arm maze task, in which the rats had to visit each of eight arms for a food reward.
(5) The authors describe a new technique for evaluating traumatic conditions to the elbow: the radial head-capitellum view.
(6) Yet in 4 patients in whom no aortic late systolic pressure wave was apparent (group II), nitroprusside did not alter the difference between aortic and radial systolic pressures.
(7) If no other indication to operate occurs, we accept a conservative treatment of the humeral fracture with radial palsy.
(8) The assay systems include : viral infectivity, complement fixing activity, particle counts, radial diffusion titre and single radial haemolysis titre.
(9) The influence of stretch and radial compression on the width of mechanically skinned fibers from the semitendinosus muscle of the frog (R. pipiens) was examined in relaxing solutions with high-power light microscopy.
(10) Peak pressures measured with the RP probe decreased to congruent with50 mm Hg and radial pressure asymmetry vanished.
(11) We report the case of a man with atypical pain and X-rays modifications of the radial tubercle.
(12) The Fel d I RIA was compared with a radial immunodiffusion technique for the determination of allergen levels in several cat extracts and a good quantitative correlation was found.
(13) The results indicate that behavior in transition states maintained by reinforcement contingencies in the radial maze is similar to that maintained by extended chained schedules, despite the fact that some of the stimuli controlling behavior in the maze are absent at the moment behavior is emitted.
(14) In a third experiment, animals were trained 16 days in the same maze configuration and at day 17 they were exposed to the mirror image of the radial maze.
(15) IgE levels in nude mice were estimated by the one-step single radial radiodiffusion method antisera prepared by immunization of guinea pigs with an IgE-rich fraction obtained from sera of normal mice infected with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and immunized with DNP-ovalbumin in alum gel.
(16) To investigate the topography of the clear zone, we performed four- and eight-incision radial keratotomy in eight cadaver eyes.
(17) The mean values of radial and ulnar components for each pair of homologous fingers separately are also compared.
(18) The patient had associated congenital abnormalities of urethral stricture, hypoplastic thumb, and absent radial pulse.
(19) In 20 out of 32 infants (63%), complete occlusion of the radial artery occurred.
(20) The kininogen level in human serum was estimated by single radial immunodiffusion.
Ulna
Definition:
(n.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.
(n.) An ell; also, a yard.
Example Sentences:
(1) The growth in the revascularized bone grafts has been compared to that in heterotopic, nonvascularized ulna transfers and to normal ulnar growth.
(2) Entrapment of the ring finger flexor digitorum in the ulna following fracture of both forearm bones is very rare.
(3) The length of ulna resected was not related to the outcome of the operation.
(4) The brace extended from the proximal radius and ulna to the level of the radial styloid and allowed a full range of movement at the radiocarpal joint.
(5) A report is given on a small-for-date male infant showing the following symptoms: bilateral aplasia of humerus, radius, and ulna, shortened femora, bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate, stigmata of dysmorphism, and notably; simple helix formation of the ear, simian crease, clinodactylia, bilateral clubfoot deformity, hypospadia, thrombocytopenia, micrognathia, and contractures in the knee joints.
(6) The proximal radius grew 3.5 cm, and the ulna grew 3.4 cm.
(7) Following 8 weeks of loading, areal properties and histomorphometry were performed on both the experimental and intact control ulnae.
(8) A case report of anterior traumatic dislocation of the radial head in a 5-year-old boy without evident injury of the ulna is presented.
(9) The anatomical relations of the semilunar notch of the ulna were studied in radiographs, taken in a strict lateral view, from 100 patients with elbow dislocations.
(10) The allometric relations of diameter and length of humerus, ulna, femur, and tibia of 108 specimens, from 63 different breeds of dogs and 12 specimens of wolves, were calculated by means of model II of regression or major axis method.
(11) Isolated bowing of the ulna is rare, yet its occurrence, particularly in conjunction with congenital dislocation of the radial head, has been documented.
(12) A proposed routine examination method of the wrist and forearm includes a true antero-posterior and a lateral projection of the radius and the ulna, performed with the forearm and wrist in a neutral rotation, a neutral wrist deviation and with the elbow angled 90 degrees.
(13) Most of the caudal articular surfaces of the humeral condyles, the caudal perimeter of the radius, and the trochlear notch and portions of the anconeal process of the ulna could be identified.
(15) Bone mineral content (BMC) and width (W) were measured bilaterally on the radius, ulna, and humerus.
(16) The cortical defect in the ulna of 1 limb was filled with 1 g of ACBG that had been compressed with 2-MPa pressure for 30 seconds.
(17) Removal of the articular disc portion of the triangular fibrocartilage complex decreased the load on the intact ulna from 18.4% to 6.2%.
(18) In patients who were inadequately treated initially, the distal end of the ulna should be excised at the time of the operation on the radius, but a poor result is the inevitable outcome.
(19) Failure to release this structure from the proximal ulna caused kinking and tethering of the nerve when transposition was attempted.
(20) Using the externally loadable, functionally isolated turkey ulna preparation, the ulnae of 1-year-old (n = 5), and 3-year-old (n = 3) turkeys were subjected to 300 cycles per day of a load regimen generating a high but physiologic level of normal strain (3,000 microstrain).