What's the difference between rami and ramp?

Rami


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Ramus

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Additionally, several small vessels (rami pleurales pulmonales) originated from the esophageal branch (ramus esophagea) of the bronchoesophageal artery, traversed the pulmonary ligaments, and supplied the visceral pleura.
  • (2) The Rami ureterodeferentiales craniales were spread out from A. testicularis or Rami epididymales.
  • (3) Electrical responses to stimulation of different areas of the cingulate gyrus were studied in L2-L3 white rami in anesthetized and immobilized cats.
  • (4) The present study focusses on the number of sensory axons in the midthoracic rami communicantes in the cat.
  • (5) Harold Ramis, who helped catch phantoms in Ghostbusters and directed Bill Murray to glory in Groundhog Day , has died at the age of 69.
  • (6) The ansae subclaviae, T3 and T4 rami, and stellate ganglion were also examined by electron microscopy for the extent of Wallerian degeneration.
  • (7) Ramis enjoyed another box office hit in with the 1999 Mafia comedy Analyse This, starring Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro.
  • (8) Dense adhesions were found fixing the rami musculares to the surfaces of the triceps muscle.
  • (9) According to the theory as mentioned, satisfactory effects of 1108(87.73%) of 1263 treated by freezing the posterior spinal rami at the primary site have been obtained.
  • (10) A maxillofacial examination, however, showed a total loss of the mandibular condyles, short rami and bodies, and a retrusion of the jaw.
  • (11) Sympathetic discharges, recorded from upper thoracic preganglionic white rami, were evoked by stimulation (0.1 Hz) of descending excitatory pathways in the cervical dorsolateral funiculus (intraspinal) or of adjacent intercostal nerves (spinal reflex).
  • (12) Feathered hair sensilla fringe both rami of the lobster (Homarus americanus) swimmeret.
  • (13) Born in Chicago, Ramis worked as a teacher and journalist before teaming up with comedians John Belushi and Bill Murray for the wildly successful National Lampoon Radio Hour in 1973.
  • (14) Harold Ramis, who played Egon Spengler in the original Ghostbusters films, died in February last year.
  • (15) Pulis had wanted to do all his business early and has cut a frustrated figure with reinforcements far from forthcoming, but there should be a flurry of deals completed today: Wayne Hennessey has undertaken a medical and should complete a £3m move from Wolverhampton Wanderers; Celtic have accepted a bid of around £800,000 for Joe Ledley , who is out of contract in the summer and also undertaking medical tests; Ivan Ramis spent Thursday at Palace's Copers Cope training ground and may arrive from Wigan Athletic, his move hinging upon the extent of cruciate knee ligament damage from earlier in his career; the Blackburn centre-back Scott Dann is in Beckenham to talk terms over a proposed switch from Ewood Park.
  • (16) The long-circuited reflex elicited in renal nerves and the spinally mediated reflex discharge produced in white rami by single shock stimulation of intercostal nerves were inhibited by stimulation within the sympatho-inhibitory areas of the medulla.4.
  • (17) The trapezius muscle of Mustelus sharks, in contrast with that of human beings, was found to be supplied solely by rami accessorii--subbranches of the truncus intestino-accessorius of the vagus nerve; no evidence indicating the direct contribution of the spinal nerves to the innervation of the trapezius were obtained.
  • (18) At the other end Schmeichel blocked Vitolo and Adil Rami’s header hit the bar.
  • (19) • Harold Allen Ramis, actor and director, born 21 November 1944; died 24 February 2014
  • (20) A segment is defined as that part of the sympathetic trunk which is connected via its rami communicantes with one spinal nerve, without discriminating between grey and white rami.

Ramp


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
  • (v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
  • (v. i.) To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
  • (n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
  • (n.) A highwayman; a robber.
  • (n.) A romping woman; a prostitute.
  • (n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.
  • (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
  • (n.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The pressure is ramping up on Asda boss Andy Clarke, who next week will reveal the chain’s sales performance for the quarter covering Christmas.
  • (2) Stiffness was reduced in approximate proportion to the ramp stretch rate, and the reduction was confined largely to the elastic component.
  • (3) Twenty-six rapidly adapting units (RA), eighteen slowly adapting units (SA) and ten Pacinian corpuscle units (PC) were differentiated from each other mainly on the presence of the off response in RA and PC units to a ramp stimulation, the persistence of discharges of the SA units during steady pressure on the receptive field and the classical tuning curve seen in the PC units.
  • (4) Modulation in relation to tremor was superimposed on the bidirectional pattern related to ramps.
  • (5) Fiber activity was assessed by applying to the Achilles tendon a 5-mm ramp stretch at 5 or 25-30 mm X s-1.
  • (6) Phasic-tonic MUs exhibited a phasic burst of activity during the torque ramp which exceeded the firing rate during the static hold period.
  • (7) Three-dimensional wavelength-absorbance-furnace temperature spectra can be obtained by using ramped heating steps to provide a rough separation of elements in a mixture.
  • (8) This report considers the accuracy of the measurement method as a function of ramp width.
  • (9) Slow-adapting free nerve endings were also observed through response to square wave pressure stimuli and ramp shaped pressure stimuli.
  • (10) The ventilatory sensitivity to CO2 obtained from a non-steady-state step-ramp CO2 challenge (analogous to the Read rebreathing method) was compared with the one of the steady-state method.
  • (11) These findings indicate that muscle length does influence the discharge pattern of motor unit spike trains during isometric ramp contractions.
  • (12) For years a small army of therapists has worked in the shadows to help older people stay in their own homes – fitting stair rails, ordering hoists, measuring ramps and offering support vital to rehabilitation.
  • (13) This report describes an inexpensive ramp generator which produces multiple ramp-and-hold stimuli ("staircase-type" wave forms).
  • (14) Wheelchair ramps Raul Krauthausen is the man behind Wheelmap, a crowdsourced map of wheelchair-friendly places around the world.
  • (15) An IBM PC-compatible computer program, RAMP, for evaluation of single-channel recordings acquired using voltage ramp protocols is presented.
  • (16) When step-ramp stimuli were presented in the normal field, the monkeys delayed the initiation of saccades to targets moving towards the central fixation point, and hastened the initiation of saccades to targets moving away from the central fixation point.
  • (17) The aim of this work was to provide well defined criteria for ramp construction for wheelchair dependent individuals (WDI).
  • (18) The council apparently told Lally that the giant ramp was the only option because of building regulations.
  • (19) The findings suggest that with the stimulator used in this study, ramp time has no effect on the three basic excitatory responses, i.e., thresholds of sensory, motor and painful stimulation.
  • (20) The responses of slowly-adapting neurons were separated into two components, a "dynamic" response corresponding to activity elicited by the initial indenting ramp and a "static" response produced by the sustained indentation.

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