What's the difference between radiale and scaphoid?
Radiale
Definition:
(n.) The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.
(n.) Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid.
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.
Scaphoid
Definition:
(a.) Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.
(n.) The scaphoid bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) The scaphoid silicone implant bore significant, although less, load than the normal scaphoid.
(2) A 31-year-old man was found to have a diffuse infection of the wrist and osteomyelitis of the scaphoid caused by Mycobacterium kansasii.
(3) Two of them, the radiocapitate and deep radioscapholunate, insert on the scaphoid, whereas the collateral ligament courses to the distal pole of the scaphoid.
(4) It is concluded that scintigraphy is of value in carpal trauma not only to exclude scaphoid fracture but also to direct the attention to the possibility of other carpal fractures, otherwise usually missed.
(5) Successful treatment of scaphoid nonunions with screw fixation and cast-free after-treatment does not depend on the implant used but rather on careful case selection and precise surgical technique.
(6) The Herbert bone screw was initially developed for management of fractures of the carpal scaphoid.
(7) Forty-three patients with scaphoid pseudarthrosis were surgically treated using the Matti-Russe technique.
(8) We describe a personal technique for the treatment of scaphoid non-union, consisting of styloidectomy of the radius associated with axial perforation of the scaphoid, emptying of the bone, filling it again by cancellous bone taken from the styloid and securing it with a peg obtained from the cortex of the same styloid.
(9) The present authors have had encouraging results in the treatment of painful pseudarthrosis of the carpal scaphoid bone using wedge osteotomy on the lower end of the radius.
(10) It has been the policy of the accident and emergency department in Leicester to treat all clinically suspected fractures of the carpal scaphoid in plaster for 2 weeks, even after negative radiology.
(11) We reviewed 24 patients treated for an acute fracture or a nonunion of the scaphoid bone using the Herbert screw.
(12) Definitive preoperative determination of the healing potential of scaphoid nonunions may then be possible, thereby aiding the surgeon's choice of the appropriate surgical procedure.
(13) The purpose of this paper is to review and comment on the relevant publications as they relate to the biomechanical properties of the screw, to its use in the management of scaphoid fractures and to other applications in surgery of the hand.
(14) Bone scan and sagittal projection CT of the scaphoid was performed in 10 patients with clinically suspected scaphoid fractures.
(15) The second technique used the orientation of the proximal articular surface relative to the distal articular surface of the scaphoid.
(16) According to the literature, a fresh fracture of the scaphoid should first be treated conservatively.
(17) The higher incidence of complications with the displaced scaphoid fracture suggests that an anatomic reduction is essential.
(18) This is a preliminary report of eight cases in which an allograft was used to replace half of the scaphoid.
(19) X-rays showed an area of osteochondritis dissecans in the proximal pole on the right scaphoid.
(20) Fractures of the scaphoid are provided with screws.