(n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
(n.) That which resembles a rib in form or use.
(n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel.
(n.) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.
(n.) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.
(n.) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.
(n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
(n.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.
(n.) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.
(n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.
(n.) A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.
(n.) Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.
(n.) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
(n.) A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.
(v. t.) To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
(v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
Example Sentences:
(1) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
(2) There is approximately a 25% decrease in aggregation from regions of the rib distal to the metaphyseal-growth plate junction (69%) to the region proximal to it (50%).
(3) The patient had experienced repeated spontaneous fractures for 1.5 years such as serial rib fractures, fractures of the sternum and most recently fracture of the neck of the femur after a minimal trauma.
(4) Microsurgical anastomoses were performed for revascularizing the rib graft.
(5) The resections included an average of three ribs (range, two to five) and, in seven cases, part or all of the sternum.
(6) Arterial complications are usually associated with cervical ribs or rudimentary first ribs, but 12 per cent have occurred in patients with no osseous abnormality.
(7) The three different layers of this tissue are: the outer fibrous layer, the central part called proliferation zone and the inner part towards the underlying rib called transition zone.
(8) Statistical analysis of the findings indicates that there is no significant difference in bone-remodeling activity between similar sites on alternate ribs.
(9) The rib was the most frequent site of the former; the distal femur, of the latter.
(10) Radiologically, the clavicles, the sternum and the first ribs are grossly enlarged with complete fusion between them.
(11) To test the hypothesis that during unsupported arm exercise (UAE) some of the inspiratory muscles of the rib cage partake in upper torso and arm positioning and thereby decrease their contribution to ventilation, we studied 11 subjects to measure pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures, heart rate, respiratory frequency, O2 uptake (VO2), and tidal volume (VT) during symptom-limited UAE.
(12) Upper thoracic fractures that involved the clavicles, scapula, sternum, and ribs were present in four patients.
(13) The left subclavian artery was prominent in 33 cases, signs indicating a collateral circulation (rib notching, internal mammary artery) were present in 26 cases.
(14) Definitive evidence for poly(ADP-Rib) polymerase activity is localized within internucleosomal "linker" regions of HeLa cell chromatin is presented.
(15) 1) Rates of purine synthesis de novo are regulated at both the PP-Rib-P synthetase and amido PRT reactions by end products, with the latter reaction more sensitive to small changes in purine nucleotide inhibitor concentrations.
(16) Five of 20 ambulatory patients and 8 of 10 patients in acute respiratory failure showed inward abdominal motion coincident with outward rib cage motion during inspiration, suggesting ineffective diaphragmatic function.
(17) Abnormal radionuclide concentrations were observed in the sternoclavicular, sternocostal, and manubriosternal joints, in the ribs, and in the sternum.
(18) This is the first report of detection of tenascine in rib cartilage matrix of human embryos.
(19) This pattern of EMG activity was associated with profound deformations of the rib cage.
(20) Constant ribbing about his private life was compromising Deayton's position as the show's "holier-than-thou" host, who showed no mercy towards politicians or celebrities caught in a similar position, the corporation added.
Sternum
Definition:
(n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.
(n.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
Example Sentences:
(1) The patient had experienced repeated spontaneous fractures for 1.5 years such as serial rib fractures, fractures of the sternum and most recently fracture of the neck of the femur after a minimal trauma.
(2) Specimens from the bone marrow taken were by trephine biopsy from the sternum, ala ossis ilii and spine.
(3) The resections included an average of three ribs (range, two to five) and, in seven cases, part or all of the sternum.
(4) Radiologically, the clavicles, the sternum and the first ribs are grossly enlarged with complete fusion between them.
(5) Upper thoracic fractures that involved the clavicles, scapula, sternum, and ribs were present in four patients.
(6) Abnormal radionuclide concentrations were observed in the sternoclavicular, sternocostal, and manubriosternal joints, in the ribs, and in the sternum.
(7) For the sternum, humerus and ilium-ischium, however, ossification in A2 fetuses increased to the levels observed in the PF and C groups.
(8) diastasis recti abdominis with pericardial hernia, ventral defect of the diaphragm, partial defect of the sternum, and tetralogy of Fallot.
(9) In the remaining seven patients, sternal and mediastinal debridement with rewiring of the sternum was successfully applied.
(10) Three patients had anatomical variants of the sternum.
(11) A unique feature of the AF-associated musculoskeletal syndrome is osteolytic lesions that occur most frequently in the clavicle, sternum, long bones, and ilium.
(12) In affected lambs, lesions were seen consistently in the elbows, shoulders, sternum, and spine.
(13) The sliding splint-staples, generally two, are placed in staggered positions behind the sternum (11 cases--funnel chest) or in front of the sternum (2 cases--pigeon chest).
(14) The microvascularization of the sternum of the child has been studied by a method of India ink injection and by histology.
(15) The indications for keeping sternum open were enlarged heart, myocardial edema, severe depression of myocardial contractility and reduced lung compliance due to pulmonary edema.
(16) forehead for 0-3 days, chest for 4-5 days, sternum for 6 days and later).
(17) Quiet inspiration before and after phrenicotomy was always associated with a caudal displacement of the sternum and a cranial displacement of the seventh rib; the second rib, however, was either motionless or also showed an inspiratory caudal displacement.
(18) The structure and morphology of the sternum from 33 West African dwarf (WAD) and sixteen Danish Landrace breed goats were studied radiographically.
(19) In five anesthetized and vagotomized dogs the sternum was split and the anterior right lung field exposed.
(20) The healing process in the longitudinally divided sternum was evaluated from the SPECT study.